Title :
Silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) — A platform for ultrafast optics
Author :
Leuthold, J. ; Freude, W. ; Koos, C. ; Vallaitis, T. ; Brosi, J.M. ; Bogatscher, S. ; Dumon, P. ; Baets, R. ; Scimeca, M.L. ; Biaggio, I. ; Diederich, F.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
Silicon signal processing at bitrates beyond 100 Gb/s is demonstrated. A new enabling platform is reviewed, which relies both on silicon-based CMOS technology for waveguide fabrication, and on an organic cladding providing nonlinearity for switching.
Keywords :
claddings; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical switches; optical waveguides; organic compounds; silicon; Si; organic cladding; silicon based CMOS technology; silicon signal processing; silicon-organic hybrid; switching nonlinearity; ultrafast optics; waveguide fabrication; Absorption; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
