• DocumentCode
    1825027
  • Title

    High-speed optical signal sampling via temporal magnification

  • Author

    Salem, Reza ; Foster, Mark A. ; Geraghty, David F. ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Turner-Foster, Amy C. ; Lipson, Michal

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a novel technique for high-speed characterization of optical signals based on temporal magnification using four-wave mixing in a silicon nanowaveguide. Sampling at 1.3 TS/s is demonstrated with a 5-GHz oscilloscope.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical communication; four-wave mixing; high-speed optical signal sampling; optical communications; silicon nanowaveguide; temporal magnification; Chirp; Dispersion; High speed optical techniques; Lenses; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Sampling methods; Signal processing; Signal sampling; (060.4510) Optical communications; (190.3270) Kerr effect; (190.4390) Nonlinear optics, integrated optics; (230.1150) All-optical devices; (230.7370) Waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2606-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-865-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5032662