Title :
Low-power optical regeneration using four-wave mixing in a silicon chip
Author :
Salem, R. ; Foster, Mark A. ; Geraghty, David F ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Turner, Amy C ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical signal regeneration using four-wave mixing in a silicon nanowaveguide. Extinction ratio improvement, dispersive broadening compensation and timing-jitter reduction are demonstrated at low input signal powers.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; monolithic integrated circuits; multiwave mixing; optical dispersion; waveguides; all-optical signal regeneration; dispersive broadening compensation; four-wave mixing; low-power optical regeneration; nanowaveguide; silicon chip; timing-jitter reduction; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528727
