DocumentCode
2241248
Title
Characterization of wavelength conversion by four wave mixing in silicon waveguides
Author
Mathlouthi, Walid ; Rong, Haisheng ; Paniccia, Mario
Author_Institution
Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA
fYear
2008
fDate
4-9 May 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We characterize a silicon based wavelength converter using a commercial semiconductor amplifier based wavelength converter as a benchmark. Results show that silicon achieves -5.5 dB efficiency, offers broader conversion bandwidth, higher OSNR and negligible channel crosstalk.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; multiwave mixing; optical crosstalk; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon; OSNR; Si; channel crosstalk; four wave mixing; semiconductor amplifier; silicon waveguides; wavelength conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical mixing; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon; (060.4510) Optical communications; (190.2620) Frequency conversion; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (250.5300) Photonic integrated circuits;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-859-9
Type
conf
Filename
4571671
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