Quantum-Dash Mode-Locked Lasers for Tunable Wavelength Conversion on a 100&#x00A0;GHz Frequency Grid

Yousra Ben M’Sallem; Alexandre Shen; François Lelarge; Frédéric Pommereau; Dalila Make; Sophie LaRochelle; Leslie Ann Rusch

doi:10.1364/JOCN.4.000A69

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
Vol. 4,
Issue 9,
pp. A69-A76
(2012)
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Quantum-Dash Mode-Locked Lasers for Tunable Wavelength Conversion on a 100 GHz Frequency Grid

Yousra Ben M’Sallem, Alexandre Shen, François Lelarge, Frédéric Pommereau, Dalila Make, Sophie LaRochelle, and Leslie Ann Rusch

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Yousra Ben M’Sallem, Alexandre Shen, François Lelarge, Frédéric Pommereau, Dalila Make, Sophie LaRochelle, and Leslie Ann Rusch, "Quantum-Dash Mode-Locked Lasers for Tunable Wavelength Conversion on a 100 GHz Frequency Grid," J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 4, A69-A76 (2012)

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- Original Manuscript: February 29, 2012
- Revised Manuscript: June 19, 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: July 27, 2012
- Published: August 21, 2012

Abstract

All-optical wavelength converters play a key role for next-generation high-bit-rate optical networks. A high-speed, simple, and compact wavelength converter can resolve contention, reduce wavelength blocking, and enable a multitude of new wavelength routing approaches. We propose the combination of a quantum-dash mode-locked laser (QD-MLL) with a frequency-selective filter to provide (two) tunable wavelength pumps for wavelength conversion of optical channels in a dual-pump four-wave-mixing (FWM) scheme. Such a converter is simple, practical, and offers a wide conversion range, modulation format transparency, and the potential for photonic integration. We examine the performance of the proposed scheme experimentally with a QD-MLL and manually tunable optical filters. Wavelength conversion is achieved via an extremely non-linear semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), a commercial SOA with very high FWM efficiency. We achieved near −3 dB conversion efficiency across a 9.6 nm tuning range with a signal input power of −3 dBm and a pump input power of 2 dBm. We performed bit error rate (BER) measurement on a 5.6 nm conversion range and obtained error-free transmission (BER <10 $^{- 9}$ ) with less than 2 dB power penalty.

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	XN-SOA		NL-SOA		CV-SOA
	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
CD	1.6	5.6	1.6	5.6	1.6	5.6
CSP	−5.59	−4.42	−10.96	−11.73	−18.42	−18.42
CE	−5.59	−2.42	−8.96	−9.73	−16.09	−16.42
OSNR	36	35	28.3	27.94	20.42	20.98

	$λ_{1}$	$λ_{2}$	$λ_{3}$	$λ_{4}$	$λ_{5}$	$λ_{6}$	$λ_{7}$	$λ_{8}$	$λ_{9}$	$λ_{10}$	$λ_{11}$	$λ_{12}$
$λ_{1}$		−2.82	−3.59	−2.99	−4.02	−3.72	−2.91	−2.42
$λ_{2}$	−3.63		−3.99	−2.64	−3.35	−2.32	−2.72	−3.69
$λ_{3}$	−3.61	−3.09		−3.09	−2.98	−2.34	−3.82	−2.4
$λ_{4}$	−2.27	−2.37	−2.32		−3.26	−2.65	−2.71	−2.38	−2.23	−2.59	−2.49	−2.39
$λ_{5}$	−2.82	−3.04	−3.23	−3.79		−2.29	−2.23	−2.59
$λ_{6}$	−4.02	−2.89	−2.23	−2.73	−2.86		−2.38	−3.78
$λ_{7}$	−2.42	−2.16	−3.12	−2.98	−2.24	−2.49		−4.22
$λ_{8}$	−2.74	−2.33	−2.27	−2.43	−2.78	−3.98	−3.38
$λ_{9}$				−2.44
$λ_{10}$				−2.25
$λ_{11}$				−2.35
$λ_{12}$				−2.75

	XN-SOA		NL-SOA		CV-SOA
	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)	(a)	(b)
CD	1.6	5.6	1.6	5.6	1.6	5.6
CSP	−5.59	−4.42	−10.96	−11.73	−18.42	−18.42
CE	−5.59	−2.42	−8.96	−9.73	−16.09	−16.42
OSNR	36	35	28.3	27.94	20.42	20.98

	$λ_{1}$	$λ_{2}$	$λ_{3}$	$λ_{4}$	$λ_{5}$	$λ_{6}$	$λ_{7}$	$λ_{8}$	$λ_{9}$	$λ_{10}$	$λ_{11}$	$λ_{12}$
$λ_{1}$		−2.82	−3.59	−2.99	−4.02	−3.72	−2.91	−2.42
$λ_{2}$	−3.63		−3.99	−2.64	−3.35	−2.32	−2.72	−3.69
$λ_{3}$	−3.61	−3.09		−3.09	−2.98	−2.34	−3.82	−2.4
$λ_{4}$	−2.27	−2.37	−2.32		−3.26	−2.65	−2.71	−2.38	−2.23	−2.59	−2.49	−2.39
$λ_{5}$	−2.82	−3.04	−3.23	−3.79		−2.29	−2.23	−2.59
$λ_{6}$	−4.02	−2.89	−2.23	−2.73	−2.86		−2.38	−3.78
$λ_{7}$	−2.42	−2.16	−3.12	−2.98	−2.24	−2.49		−4.22
$λ_{8}$	−2.74	−2.33	−2.27	−2.43	−2.78	−3.98	−3.38
$λ_{9}$				−2.44
$λ_{10}$				−2.25
$λ_{11}$				−2.35
$λ_{12}$				−2.75

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