• DocumentCode
    2302807
  • 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
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2010
  • Firstpage
    268
  • Lastpage
    269
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO
  • ISSN
    -
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5368-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    -
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698862
  • Filename
    5698862