Wavelength Conversion of a 9.35-Gb/s RZ OOK Signal in an InP Photonic Crystal Nanocavity
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- Vukovic, D.; Yu, Y.; Heuck, M.; Ek, S.; Kuznetsova, N.; Colman, P.; Palushani, E.; Xu, J.; Yvind, K.; Oxenlowe, L. K.; Mork, J.; Peucheret, C.
- Source
- IEEE Photonics Technology Letters IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE. 26(3):257-260 Feb, 2014
- Subject
- Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Cavity resonators
Optical switches
Probes
Bit error rate
Optical wavelength conversion
Photonic crystals
nanophotonics
optical switches
photonic crystals
- Language
- ISSN
- 1041-1135
1941-0174
Wavelength conversion of a 10-Gb/s (9.35 Gb/s net rate) return-to-zero ON-OFF keying signal is demonstrated using a simple InP photonic crystal H0 nanocavity with Lorentzian line shape. The shifting of the resonance induced by the generation of free-carriers enables the pump intensity modulation to be transferred to a continuous-wave probe with a sufficiently high quality so that the converted signal can be detected with a conventional telecommunication receiver. A clear eye diagram is observed for the converted signal showing a pre-forward error correction bit-error-ratio down to $10^{-3}$.