Title :
Ultrafast silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) photonics
Author :
Freude, W. ; Vallaitis, T. ; Koos, C. ; Brosi, J.M. ; Alloatti, L. ; Dumon, P. ; Baets, R. ; Scimeca, M.L. ; Biaggio, I. ; Breiten, B. ; Diederich, F. ; Leuthold, J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate ultrafast optical signal processing up to bitrates of 170 Gbit/s. Silicon-on-insulator waveguides are defined by CMOS technology. In addition, an organic cladding pro-vides either X(3) or X(2)-nonlinearities that are not impaired by two-photon absorption. With a proper waveguide design, the influence of two-photon absorption in silicon is greatly reduced.
Keywords :
Absorption; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
