Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate an optics-based half-adder of two 4-phase-shift-keying (4-PSK) data channels using nonlinear wave mixing. The optics-based half-adder has two 4-ary phase-encoded inputs (i.e., S_A and S_B) and two phase-encoded outputs (i.e., Sum and Carry). The input quaternary base numbers {0,1,2,3} are represented by 4-PSK signals A and B with four phase levels. Along with the original signals A and B, the phase-conjugate signal copies A* and B*and phase-doubled signal copies A² and B² are also generated to form two signal groups S_A(A, A*, A²) and S_B(B, B*, B²). All of the above signals in the same signal group are (a) prepared in the electrical domain with a frequency spacing of Δf and (b) generated optically in the same IQ modulator. When combined with a pump laser, group S_A mixes with group S_B in a periodically poled lithium niobate nonlinear (PPLN) device. At the output of the PPLN device, both the Sum (A²B²) and the Carry (AB + A*B*) are simultaneously generated with four phase levels and two phase levels, respectively. In our experiment, the symbol rates can be varied between 5 Gbaud and 10 Gbaud. The experimental results show that (i) the measured conversion efficiency of two 5-Gbaud outputs is approximately −24 dB for Sum and approximately −20 dB for Carry, and (ii) the measured optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) penalty of the 10-Gbaud Sum and Carry channels is <10 dB and <5 dB, compared with that of the 5-Gbaud channels at the BER of 3.8 × 10⁻³.

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