Author(s): Cui, JB (Cui, Jiabin); Ji, YF (Ji, Yuefeng); Lu, GW (Lu, Guo-Wei); Wen, HS (Wen, Huashun); Zhai, KP (Zhai, Kunpeng); Wang, X (Wang, Xin); Zhu, NH (Zhu, Ninghua)

Source: OPTICS EXPRESS Volume: 30 Issue: 18 Pages: 32577-32589 DOI: 10.1364/OE.465560 Published: AUG 29 2022

Abstract: An optical format interconversion scheme between on-off keying (OOK) and quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) is proposed and verified in this paper. The conversion system mainly consists of a coherent vector combiner and a reconfigurable two-dimensional (2D) vector mover. As a key element of the proposed conversion system, the 2D vector mover is implemented by a non-degenerate phase-sensitive amplifier (PSA). The operating principle and theoretical derivations of the PSA-based 2D vector mover are fully introduced. The reconfigurable transfer characteristics of the vector mover are analyzed under different parameter settings to exhibit the flexible 2D moving function. The signal constellations, eye diagrams, spectrum, error vector magnitudes, and bit error ratios are estimated and depicted to validate the proposed idea. With the input signal-to-noise ratios of 20 dB and 25 dB, error-free conversions are achieved between 50G Baud OOK and QPSK. The scheme proposed in this paper fills the lack of the one-to-one interconversion between OOK and QPSK, and has potential applications in optical interconnect nodes, across-dimensional optical transmissions, and flexible optical transceivers. (C) 2022 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement

Accession Number: WOS:000850229100084

ISSN: 1094-4087

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