Title :
All-optical 3R regeneration in silicon photonic wires though cross-phase modulation and free-carrier dispersion
Author :
Hsieh, Hong-Sheng ; Wang, Chieh-Hao ; Lee, Ming-Chang M. ; Feng, Kai-Ming
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics Technol., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
We propose an all-optical 3R regeneration scheme utilizing silicon-wire nonlinear photonics including cross-phase modulation and free-carrier dispersion. From the simulation results, the Q-factor of 10-Gb/s RZ signals can be improved with a suitable free-carrier lifetime.
Keywords :
Q-factor; nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; optical repeaters; Q-factor; Si; all-optical 3R regeneration; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; cross phase modulation; free carrier dispersion; nonlinear photonics; return to zero signals; silicon photonic wires; Clocks; Fiber nonlinear optics; Logic; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Repeaters; Silicon; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4402-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1949-2081
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338331
