All optical wavelength conversion via cross phase modulation in chalcogenide glass rib waveguides

We demonstrate all-optical wavelength conversion in a 5 cm As(2)S(3) chalcogenide glass rib waveguide with 5.4 ps pulses over a wavelength range of 10 nm near 1550 nm. We present frequency resolved optical gating (FROG) measurements that show good converted pulse integrity in terms of amplitude and phase in the frequency and time domains. The short interaction length ensures that dispersion induced walk-off does not hinder the conversion range of the device.