Error-free wavelength conversion via cross phase modulation in As2S3 chalcogenide glass rib waveguides

Lamont, M R E; Ta'eed, Vahid G; Moss, David J; Roelens, M; Madden, Steve; Luther-Davies, Barry; Eggleton, Benjamin J

Error-free wavelength conversion via cross phase modulation in As2S3 chalcogenide glass rib waveguides

Date

2007

Authors

Lamont, M R E

Ta'eed, Vahid G

Moss, David J

Roelens, M

Madden, Steve

Luther-Davies, Barry

Eggleton, Benjamin J

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Inc)

Abstract

We report the first demonstration of error free all-optical signal processing at telecommunication data rates in chalcogenide glass waveguides. We achieve error-free wavelength conversion via cross-phase modulation in a low-loss, 5 cm long As2S3 chalcogenide planar waveguide, over a 25 nm wavelength range at 10Gb/s, yielding a Q-factor penalty of 2.3 dB.