• DocumentCode
    1900546
  • Title

    Silicon-chip-based THz bandwidth radio-frequency spectrum analyser

  • Author

    Corcoran, B. ; Vo, T.D. ; Pelusi, M.D. ; Monat, Christelle ; Densmore, A. ; Ma, R. ; Dan-Xia Xu ; Janz, S. ; Moss, D.J. ; Eggleton, B.J.

  • Author_Institution
    CUDOS, Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-9 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a silicon-chip-based radio-frequency spectrum analyser capable of measuring terabaud optical data. We investigate application to optical performance monitoring and show that free-carrier effects have a negligible impact on device operation.
  • Keywords
    optical information processing; radiofrequency spectra; spectral analysers; THz bandwidth; free carrier effects; optical performance monitoring; radiofrequency spectrum analyser; silicon chip; terabaud optical data; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical variables measurement; Optical waveguides; Probes; Radio frequency; nonlinear optics; optical communications; planar waveguide devices; silicon waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929900
  • Filename
    5929900