Title :
First demonstration of on-chip wavelength multicasting
Author :
Biberman, Aleksandr ; Lee, Benjamin G. ; Bergman, Keren ; Turner-Foster, Amy C. ; Lipson, Michal ; Foster, Mark A. ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY
Abstract :
We demonstrate for the first time wavelength multicasting performed in a silicon photonic chip. We investigate multicast number selectivity at 40-Gb/s data rates and evaluate each configuration using BER measurements, establishing immense prospect for scalability.
Keywords :
error statistics; monolithic integrated circuits; optical fibre communication; BER measurements; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; multicast number selectivity; on-chip wavelength multicasting; silicon photonic chip; Bit error rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Silicon; (130.7405) Wavelength conversion devices; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
