Abstract

We demonstrate broadband wavelength conversion of a 40 Gb/s return-to-zero signal using four-wave-mixing (FWM) in a dispersion engineered chalcogenide glass waveguide. The 6 cm long planar rib waveguide 2 μm wide was fabricated in a 0.87 μm thick film etched 350nm deep to correspond to a design where waveguide dispersion offsets the material leading to near-zero dispersion in the C-band and broadband phase matched FWM. The reduced dimensions also enhance the nonlinear coefficient to 9800 W^-1km^-1 at 1550 nm enabling broadband conversion in a shorter device. In this work, we demonstrate 80 nm wavelength conversions with 1.65 dB of power penalty at a bit-error rate of 10^-9. Spectral measurements and simulations indicate extended broadband operation is possible.

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History
Original Manuscript: November 17, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: February 18, 2009
Revised Manuscript: February 2, 2009
Published: February 23, 2009

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Author Affiliations

Mark D. Pelusi, Benjamin J. Eggleton

CUDOS, Univ of Sydney

Michael R. E. Lamont

CUDOS, Univ of Syndey

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

Laser Physics Centre, Australian National University

Feng Luan

University of Sydney

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