Efficient Second Harmonic Generation in Photonic Crystal Waveguides for Optical Performance Monitoring in the Full C- Band at 42.5 Gb/s

Kevin Lenglé (1) , Laurent Bramerie (1) , Mathilde Gay (1) , Jean-Claude Simon (1) , Sylvain Combrié (2) , Gaëlle Lehoucq (3) , S. Xavier (2) , Alfredo de Rossi (2)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 Laboratoire Albert Fert (ex-UMPhy Unité mixte de physique CNRS/Thales)
3 Thales Research and Technology [Palaiseau]

We demonstrate 20 µW second harmonic generation in a photonic crystal waveguide. The collected signal has been used for optical performance monitoring of the chromatic dispersion and optical signal to noise ratio of a 42.5 Gb/s Return to Zero signal all over the C-band.

Domaines: Optique / photonique; Optique [physics.optics]

Kevin Lenglé, Laurent Bramerie, Mathilde Gay, Jean-Claude Simon, Sylvain Combrié, et al.. Efficient Second Harmonic Generation in Photonic Crystal Waveguides for Optical Performance Monitoring in the Full C- Band at 42.5 Gb/s. 38th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2012), Sep 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands. pp.P2.16, ⟨10.1364/ECEOC.2012.P2.16⟩. ⟨hal-00817112⟩