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Opt Express. 2017 Feb 20;25(4):3252-3258. doi: 10.1364/OE.25.003252.

Wavelength conversion of complex modulation formats in a compact SiGe waveguide.

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M A Ettabib, C Lacava, Z Liu, A Bogris, A Kapsalis, M Brun, P Labeye, S Nicoletti, D Syvridis, D J Richardson, P Petropoulos

PMID: 28241541 DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.003252

Abstract

We report a nonlinear signal processing system based on a SiGe waveguide suitable for high spectral efficiency data signals. Four-wave-mixing (FWM)-based wavelength conversion of 10-Gbaud 16-Quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) and 64-QAM signals is demonstrated with less than -10-dB conversion efficiency (CE), 36-dB idler optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR), negligible bit error ratio (BER) penalty and a 3-dB conversion bandwidth exceeding 30nm. The SiGe device was CW-pumped and operated in a passive scheme without giving rise to any two-photon absorption (TPA) effects.

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