Simultaneous polarization-insensitive wavelength conversion of 80-Gb/s RZ-DQPSK signal and 40-Gb/s RZ-OOK signal in a Ti:PPLN waveguide

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1092-1097

  Hu, Hao ^a   Nouroozi, Rahman ^b   Ludwig, Reinhold ^c   Hüttl, Bernd ^d   Schmidt Langhorst, Carsten ^c   Suche, Hubertus ^e   Sohler, Wolfgang ^e   Schubert, Colja ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

^c FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d Calyxo   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

All optical wavelength conversion (AOWC); periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN); polarization insensitive; second harmonic generation (SHG)

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; DATA RATES; DATA SIGNALS; DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; INPUT DATAS; LOOP CONFIGURATION; MODULATION FORMATS; MODULATION LEVELS; ON-OFF KEYING; PERIODICALLY POLED LITHIUM NIOBATE; POLARIZATION INSENSITIVE; POLARIZATION SCRAMBLING; PPLN WAVEGUIDES; RETURN-TO-ZERO; SECOND-HARMONIC GENERATION (SHG); WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HARMONIC GENERATION; LITHIUM; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; POLARIZATION; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING; WAVEGUIDES; WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 79953283387     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2107501     Document Type: Article

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