Title :
High-Repetition-Rate Pulsed-Pump Optical Parametric Amplification in Silicon Waveguides
Author :
Xinzhu Sang ; Boyraz, Ozdal
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
The net parametric gain evolution inside the silicon waveguides for high speed optical communications is investigated. Pulsed-pump parametric amplification can be a chip-scale solution for high bit rate DWDM systems with pulse width <;1 ps.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical communication; optical parametric amplifiers; optical waveguides; silicon; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM systems; Si; chip-scale solution; high speed optical communications; net parametric gain evolution; optical parametric amplification; pulsed-pump parametric amplification; silicon waveguides; Bit rate; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Silicon; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528044
