• DocumentCode
    3015575
  • Title

    1 byte continuously tunable delay in coupled-resonator optical delay lines

  • Author

    Morichetti, F. ; Ferrari, C. ; Melloni, A. ; Martinelli, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    17-19 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    344
  • Lastpage
    346
  • Abstract
    A continuously tunable delay of 8 bit-lengths at 10 and 25 Gbit/s is achieved by using a ring-based coupled-resonator-optical-waveguide fabricated in SiON technology. Fractional loss below 1 dB per bit-delay and storage efficiencies exceeding 1 bit-delay per ring-resonator are demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical delay lines; optical fibre communication; optical losses; optical waveguides; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; continuously tunable delay; coupled-resonator optical delay lines; fractional loss; ring-based coupled-resonator-optical-waveguide; storage efficiencies; Delay lines; Optical coupling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2008 5th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cardiff
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1769-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1768-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638194
  • Filename
    4638194