Title :
Efficient wavelength multicasting through four-wave mixing with a comb source
Author :
Hong-Fu Ting ; Ke-Yao Wang ; Stroud, Jasper R. ; Foster, Amy C. ; Foster, Mark A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We utilize a coherent optical comb generator to accomplish source-efficient wavelength multicasting via four-wave mixing in both a highly-nonlinear fiber and a silicon nanowaveguide. We demonstrate 23 multicast channels with error-free operation at 10-Gb/s.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; multiwave mixing; nanophotonics; optical fibres; optical frequency combs; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; coherent optical comb generator; comb source; efficient wavelength multicasting; error-free operation; four-wave mixing; highly-nonlinear fiber; multicast channels; silicon nanowaveguide; Adaptive optics; Fiber nonlinear optics; Multicast communication; Optical fibers; Optical pumping;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
