Title :
Ultrafast All-Optical Wavelength Conversion in Silicon Waveguides using Femtosecond Pump-Probe Pulses
Author :
Dekker, R. ; Niehusmann, J. ; Först, M. ; Wahlbrink, T. ; Moormann, C. ; Driessen, A.
Author_Institution :
Integrated Optical Micro Systems, Mesa+ Research Institute, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands. E-mail: r.dekker@utwente.nl.
Abstract :
Experimental results on ultrafast all-optical wavelength conversion in Silicon-on-Insulator waveguides are presented. Red and blue shifts of 10nm have been observed in femtosecond pump-probe experiments. All-optical switching and the importance of waveguide dispersion are discussed.
Keywords :
Delay effects; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Silicon; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800987
