Abstract
We characterize a silicon based wavelength converter using a commercial semiconductor amplifier based wavelength converter as a benchmark. Results show that silicon achieves −5.5dB efficiency, offers broader conversion bandwidth, higher OSNR and negligible channel crosstalk.
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