Title :
Ultra-compact 160Gb/s optical switching using slow light in a photonic crystal waveguide
Author :
Corcoran, B. ; Pelusi, M.D. ; Monat, C. ; Juntao Li ; O´Falain, L. ; Krauss, T.F. ; Eggleton, B.J.
Author_Institution :
ARC Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate optical time-division de-multiplexing of 160Gbaud data via slow light enhanced four-wave mixing in a 96μm long photonic crystal waveguide. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the smallest >;100Gbaud optical switching device.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical switches; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; slow light; time division multiplexing; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; optical switching; optical time-division de-multiplexing; photonic crystal waveguide; size 96 mum; slow light enhanced four-wave mixing; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Nonlinear optical signal processing; Photonic crystal waveguides; Slow Light;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929901
