DocumentCode
1628519
Title
Bit-error rate improvement through all-optical signal regeneration in deposited silicon waveguides
Author
Wang, Ke-Yao ; Petrillo, Keith G. ; Foster, Mark A. ; Foster, Amy C.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
308
Lastpage
310
Abstract
We demonstrate all-optical signal regeneration using a Mamyshev design in a hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) waveguide. Bit-error-rate improvement of 2 dB is achieved with 5.2 W peak power at telecommunication data rates (10 GHz).
Keywords
amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; error statistics; optical links; optical waveguides; silicon; Mamyshev design; all-optical signal regeneration; bit-error rate; deposited silicon waveguides; hydrogenated amorphous silicon; telecommunication data rates; Band pass filters; Bit error rate; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber filters; Optical fibers; Repeaters;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
ISSN
1949-2081
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0826-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324169
Filename
6324169
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