Title :
Continuously tunable wavelength conversion of data with record probe-idler separations in a silicon nanowire
Author :
Ophir, Noam ; Menard, Michael ; Padmaraju, Kishore ; Lau, Ryan K W ; Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate tunable wavelength conversion of 10-Gb/s data with up to 168-nm probe-idler separation based on four-wave mixing in silicon nanowires. We incorporate an NRZ to-RZ format change using a pulsed pump and achieve error-free operation.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; multiwave mixing; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical pumping; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; silicon; NRZ- to-RZ format; Si; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; continuously tunable wavelength conversion; error-free operation; four-wave mixing; probe-idler separations; pulsed pump; silicon nanowire; wavelength 168 nm; Bit error rate; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
