Title :
All-optical wavelength conversion at 160Gb/s using an SOA and a 3rd order SOI nanowire periodic filter
Author :
Stamatiadis, C. ; Vyrsokinos, K. ; Stampoulidis, L. ; Maziotis, A. ; Sheng, Z. ; Van Thourhout, D. ; Bolten, J. ; Karl, M. ; Wahlbrink, T. ; Avramopoulos, H.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
We present 160Gb/s all-optical wavelength conversion using an SOA and a 3rd order racetrack resonator integrated on a SOI nanowire platform. The scheme requires 0.5W of electrical power and the power penalty is <;3 dB.
Keywords :
integrated optics; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical filters; optical resonators; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon-on-insulator; 3rd order SOI nanowire periodic filter; 3rd order racetrack resonator; SOA; all-optical wavelength conversion; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; electrical power; integrated optics; power 0.5 W;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698862
