Abstract
The all-optical cross-wavelength quadrature amplitude modulation orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (QAM-OFDM) data switching in the silicon rich silicon carbide (Si-rich SiC) micro-ring (μ-ring) waveguide is demonstrated for the first time by using the two-photon absorption (TPA) induced free carrier absorption (FCA) process. With enlarging the allowable 4-QAM OFDM data bandwidth to 1.16 GHz, the all-optical 4-QAM OFDM pump-to-probe switching with allowable bandwidth of 1.16 GHz can achieve a raw data rate up to 2.32 Gbit/s with forward error correction (FEC) qualified error vector magnitude (EVM), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and bit-err-ratio (BER) of 31.9%, 9.92 dB, and 8.7 × 10−4, respectively. With upgrading the bandwidth of electrical pre-amplifier to 1.5 GHz, the wavelength-converted probe data can successfully pass the FEC criterion with qualified SNR of 9.49 dB, BER of 1.4 × 10−3 and EVM of 33.5%, to demonstrate the all-optical switching data rate approaching 3 Gbit/s.
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