Title :
Error-free all-optical demultiplexing at 160Gb/s via FWM in a silicon nanowire
Author :
Li, F. ; Pelusi, M. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Densmore, A. ; Ma, R. ; Xu, D.X. ; Janz, S. ; Moss, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical time division demultiplexing from 160Gb/s to 10Gb/s in the C-band, based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon nanowire. We achieve error-free operation with a system penalty of ∼ 3.9dB at 10–9 BER.
Keywords :
Demultiplexing; Four-wave mixing; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical materials; Optical pulse generation; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; 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
