Title :
Bit-error rate improvement through all-optical signal regeneration in deposited silicon waveguides
Author :
Wang, Ke-Yao ; Petrillo, Keith G. ; Foster, Mark A. ; Foster, Amy C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical signal regeneration using a Mamyshev design in a hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) waveguide. Bit-error-rate improvement of 2 dB is achieved with 5.2 W peak power at telecommunication data rates (10 GHz).
Keywords :
amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; error statistics; optical links; optical waveguides; silicon; Mamyshev design; all-optical signal regeneration; bit-error rate; deposited silicon waveguides; hydrogenated amorphous silicon; telecommunication data rates; Band pass filters; Bit error rate; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber filters; Optical fibers; Repeaters;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0826-8
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324169
