10-Gb/s Wavelength and Pulse Format Conversion Using Four-Wave Mixing in a GaAs Waveguide

Paveen Apiratikul, W. Astar, Gary M. Carter, Thomas E. Murphy
2010 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters  
We demonstrate the simultaneous conversion of wavelength and nonreturn-to-zero to return-to-zero (RZ) format at 10 Gb/s, using four-wave mixing in a passive GaAs bulk-waveguide. A conversion efficiency of 28 dB (idler output relative to signal output) and a conversion bandwidth of 48 nm could be achieved in this waveguide, which was fabricated in a single photolithographic step. The conversion efficiency is also characterized and compared with simulated results. The converted RZ on-off keying
more » ... Z-OOK) signal demonstrated a 10 9 bit-error-rate receiver sensitivity penalty of 1 dB relative to baseline RZ-OOK.
doi:10.1109/lpt.2010.2047009 fatcat:mw3rrwxldfgiflqqnoq6l6pji4