Title :
Silicon nanowire based optical XOR logic gate at 40Gb/s for DPSK data
Author :
Li, F. ; Vo, T.D. ; Husko, C. ; Pelusi, M. ; Xu, D.-X. ; Ma, R. ; Janz, S. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Moss, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical XOR logic function for 40Gb/s DPSK signals in the C-band, based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon nanowire. Error-free operation with a system penalty of ~4.3dB at 10-9 BER has been achieved.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; elemental semiconductors; error statistics; multiwave mixing; nanowires; optical logic; silicon; BER; C-band; DPSK data; DPSK signals; Si; all-optical XOR logic function; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; four-wave mixing; optical XOR logic gate; silicon nanowire; Adaptive optics; Bit error rate; Differential phase shift keying; Logic gates; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
