Title :
Optical communication test of multiple-wavelength comb source from silicon nitride microresonators
Author :
Wang, Pei-Hsun ; Ferdous, Fahmida ; Miao, Houxun ; Wang, Jian ; Leaird, Daniel E. ; Srinivasan, Kartik ; Chen, Lei ; Aksyuk, Vladimir ; Weiner, Andrew M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We evaluate the optical communication performance of individual comb lines generated in silicon nitride microresonators. A high coherence mode yields error-free communications at 10 Gb/s, while a partially coherent mode results in closed eye diagrams.
Keywords :
light coherence; micro-optics; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; optical communication; optical pulse generation; silicon compounds; SiN; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; closed eye diagrams; comb lines; error-free communications; high coherence mode; multiple-wavelength comb source; optical communication test; partially coherent mode; silicon nitride microresonators; Microcavities; Noise; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Silicon; optical resonators; silicon-chip-based devices;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358493
