Parametric tunable dispersion compensation with spectrally noninverting wavelength conversion using quasi-phase-matched adhered ridge waveguide

Ken Tanizawa*, Kiyofumi Kikuchi, Kaori Sugiura, Sunao Kurimura, Haruhiko Kuwatsuka, Hirochika Nakajima, Junichiro Ichikawa, Shu Namiki

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    Abstract

    We develop a highly efficient quasi-phase-matched adhered ridge waveguide (QPM-ARW) in LiNbO 3 as a nonlinear material, and demonstrate tunable wavelength conversion without spectral inversion (SI) and parametric tunable dispersion compensation for a single-mode fiber (SMF) link. The QPM-ARW module with a second harmonic generation efficiency of 700 %/W achieves tunable wavelength conversion with a wavelength-tuning range of at least 25 nm through cascaded sum-and difference-frequency generation (SFG-DFG) process in which the signal and pumps are located symmetrically around the phase matching wavelength. The power penalty of the wavelength conversion is less than 0.6 dB for 43-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero on-off-keying (NRZ-OOK) signals. We then apply the tunable wavelength conversion without SI to the parametric tunable dispersion compensation scheme, and achieve successful optical tunable dispersion compensation in 43-Gb/s NRZ-OOK transmissions over 53.2-km SMF.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number5737758
    Pages (from-to)593-599
    Number of pages7
    JournalIEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
    Volume18
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

    Keywords

    • Nonlinear optics
    • optical fiber communication
    • optical fiber devices
    • optical fiber dispersion
    • parametric devices
    • periodically poled LiNbO
    • tunable dispersion compensation
    • wavelength conversion

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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