Title :
40 Gbit/s serial data signal regeneration using self-phase modulation in a silicon nanowire
Author :
Ji, H. ; Wang, J. ; Hu, H. ; Galili, M. ; Pu, M. ; Yvind, K. ; Jeppesen, P. ; Oxenlowe, L.K.
Author_Institution :
DTU Fotonik, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate self-phase modulation based all-optical regeneration of a 40 Gbit/s serial data signal in a silicon nanowire. Bit error rate characterization shows 2 dB receiver power improvement.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; error statistics; nanowires; optical receivers; optical repeaters; self-phase modulation; silicon; Si; all-optical regeneration; bit error rate; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; receiver power improvement; self-phase modulation; serial data signal regeneration; silicon nanowire; Adaptive optics; Bit error rate; Nonlinear optics; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon; Silicon nanowire; all-optical regeneration; self-phase modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6359252
