Title :
All-optical wavelength conversion in silicon wire waveguides
Author :
Liang, T.K. ; Nunes, L.R. ; Tsang, H.K. ; Tsuchiya, M. ; Van Thourhout, D. ; Dumon, P. ; Baets, R. ; Bogaerts, W.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We describe the use of two-photon absorption process in submicron silicon wire waveguides for all-optical wavelength conversion by cross-absorption modulation scheme. Optical pulses of 1.6 ps at 1 GHz repetition rate have been successfully converted from 1550 nm to 1544 nm.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; silicon; two-photon processes; 1 GHz; 1.6 ps; 1544 nm; 1550 nm; Si; all-optical wavelength conversion; cross-absorption modulation; silicon wire waveguides; two-photon absorption;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
