Abstract

We report the first demonstration of error-free 640 Gbit/s demultiplexing using the Kerr non-linearity of an only 5 cm long chalcogenide glass waveguide chip. Our approach exploits four-wave mixing by the instantaneous nonlinear response of chalcogenide. Excellent performance is achieved with only 2 dB average power penalty and no indication of error-floor. Characterisation of the FWM efficiency for the chalcogenide waveguide is given and confirms the good performance of the device.

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History
Original Manuscript: September 23, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: December 17, 2008
Revised Manuscript: December 16, 2008
Published: February 2, 2009

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Author Affiliations

Barry Luther-Davies, Steve Madden, Andrei Rode, Duk-Yong Choi

CUDOS, Laser Physics Centre, The Australian National University

Mark Pelusi, Feng Luan, Benjamin J. Eggleton

CUDOS, School of Physics, University of Sydney

Michael Galili, Jing Xu, Hans C. Mulvad, Leif K. Oxenløwe, Anders T. Clausen, Palle Jeppesen

DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark

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