• DocumentCode
    688760
  • Title

    Wavelength-selective all-optical switching in cascaded silicon micro-rings

  • Author

    Wen, Y. Henry ; Lian-Wee Luo ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate all-optical modulation of individual resonances of a two-ring silicon microresonator switching fabric using Raman-induced loss. The number of unique output states for such a switching fabric scales exponentially with the number of signals.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; micro-optics; optical communication equipment; optical losses; optical modulation; optical resonators; optical switches; silicon; Raman-induced loss; Si; all-optical modulation; cascaded silicon microrings; individual resonances; signal number; switching fabric scales; two-ring silicon microresonator switching fabric; unique output states; wavelength-selective all-optical switching; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical ring resonators; Optical switches; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833135