Title :
Micrometer-scale optical up-converter using a resonance-split silicon microring resonator in radio over fiber systems
Author :
Chang, Qingjiang ; Li, Qiang ; Zhang, Ziyang ; Qiu, Min ; Su, Yikai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a novel micrometer-scale optical up-converter for converting 1-Gb/s data to 40-GHz milimeter-wave. This scheme utilizes the free-carrier dispersion effect in a resonance-split silicon microring resonator.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical resonators; radio-over-fibre; silicon; Si; bit rate 1 Gbit/s; free-carrier dispersion effect; frequency 40 GHz; micrometer-scale optical up-converter; milimeter-wave; radio-over-fibre systems; resonance-split microring resonator; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Resonance; Silicon; (060.4510) Optical communications; (060.5625) Radio frequency photonics; (130.3120) Integrated optics; (230.1150), All-optical devices;
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
