Title :
All optical logic operations in silicon on insulator waveguides based on nonlinear effects of free carriers
Author :
Khorasaninejad, Mohammadreza ; Saini, Simarjeet Singh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Abstract :
In this paper, we propose multiple all-optical logic operations in CMOS compatible Silicon on Insulator (SOI) waveguides based on three nonlinear phenomena, Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS), Free Carrier Absorption (FCA) and Cross Phase Modulation (XPM).
Keywords :
light absorption; optical logic; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; CMOS compatible; cross phase modulation; free carrier absorption; free carriers; multiple all-optical logic operations; nonlinear effects; nonlinear phenomena; silicon on insulator waveguides; stimulated Raman scattering; Absorption; CMOS logic circuits; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Phase modulation; Raman scattering; Silicon on insulator technology; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343387
