Title :
Ultra-fast optical signal processing in nonlinear silicon waveguides
Author :
Oxenløwe, L.K. ; Galili, M. ; Pu, M. ; Ji, H. ; Hu, H. ; Yvind, K. ; Hvam, J.M. ; Mulvad, H.C.H. ; Palushani, E. ; Areal, J.L. ; Clausen, A.T. ; Jeppesen, P.
Author_Institution :
DTU Fotonik, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We describe recent demonstrations of exploiting highly nonlinear silicon nanowires for processing Tbit/s optical data signals. We perform demultiplexing and optical waveform sampling of 1.28 Tbit/s and wavelength conversion of 640 Gbit/s data signals.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; elemental semiconductors; nanowires; optical information processing; optical waveguides; silicon; bit rate 1.28 Tbit/s; bit rate 640 Gbit/s; demultiplexing; nonlinear nanowires; nonlinear waveguides; optical waveform sampling; ultra-fast optical signal processing; wavelength conversion; Bit error rate; Nonlinear optics; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8338-9
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053808
