• DocumentCode
    1562232
  • 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
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528727
  • Filename
    4528727