Title :
An all-silicon optical diode
Author :
Jian Wang ; Minghao Qi ; Varghese, Leo T. ; Li Fan ; Yi Xuan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
A silicon optical diode enables optical non-reciprocity through direction-dependent resonance shift of microrings based on the thermo-optic effectin silicon. We observe an ultra-high nonreciprocal transmission ratio of 40 dB with an improved design of the optical diode. One-way 10Gbps data transmission is realized based on the strong dispersion and attenuation associated with a resonant structure.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; micro-optics; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical information processing; semiconductor diodes; silicon; thermo-optical effects; Si; all-silicon optical diode; attenuation; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; data transmission; direction-dependent resonance shift; dispersion; microrings; optical diode design; optical nonreciprocity; thermooptic effect; ultrahigh nonreciprocal transmission ratio; Noise measurement; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; nonlinear optics; optical nonreciprocity; silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications and Networks (ICOCN), 2014 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Suzhou
DOI :
10.1109/ICOCN.2014.6987090
