Title :
One-way 10 Gbps data transmission through a silicon optical diode
Author :
Jian Wang ; Li Fan ; Varghese, Leo T. ; Yi Xuan ; Ben Niu ; Leaird, Daniel E. ; Weiner, Andrew M. ; Minghao Qi
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
An optical diode consisting of cascaded silicon micro-resonators enables non-reciprocal transmission through direction dependent resonance shift. One-way 10Gbps data transmission is realized through the strong dispersion and attenuation associated with a resonant structure.
Keywords :
data communication; integrated optics; light transmission; micro-optics; microcavities; optical attenuators; optical communication equipment; optical dispersion; optical resonators; silicon; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; cascaded silicon microresonators; one-way data transmission; optical attenuation; optifcal dispersion; resonance shift; silicon optical diode; Differential phase shift keying; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
