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Polarization insensitive wavelength conversion of 40 Gb/s DPSK signals in a silicon germanium waveguide

Periklis PetropoulosKyle R. H. BottrillV.j.f. RancañoKamal HammaniDavid J. RichardsonM. BrunMohammad BelalDimitrios SyvridisPierre LabeyeAlexandros KapsalisMohamed A. EttabibSergio NicolettiFrancesca ParmigianiAdonis Bogris

subject

Materials scienceSiliconbusiness.industrychemistry.chemical_elementNonlinear opticsGermaniumPolarization (waves)Silicon-germaniumchemistry.chemical_compoundOpticschemistryCMOSWavelength-division multiplexingbusinessPhase-shift keying

description

We demonstrate polarization insensitive FWM-based wavelength conversion of 40Gb/s DPSK signals in a SiGe waveguide, with 0.42-dB polarization-dependent loss. A 1.5-dB Dower nenaltv was measured at a BER of 10−9.

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