• DocumentCode
    1883304
  • Title

    Silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) — A platform for ultrafast optics

  • Author

    Leuthold, J. ; Freude, W. ; Koos, C. ; Vallaitis, T. ; Brosi, J.M. ; Bogatscher, S. ; Dumon, P. ; Baets, R. ; Scimeca, M.L. ; Biaggio, I. ; Diederich, F.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Photonics & Quantum Electron., Karlsruhe Inst. of Technol. (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    20-24 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Silicon signal processing at bitrates beyond 100 Gb/s is demonstrated. A new enabling platform is reviewed, which relies both on silicon-based CMOS technology for waveguide fabrication, and on an organic cladding providing nonlinearity for switching.
  • Keywords
    claddings; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical switches; optical waveguides; organic compounds; silicon; Si; organic cladding; silicon based CMOS technology; silicon signal processing; silicon-organic hybrid; switching nonlinearity; ultrafast optics; waveguide fabrication; Absorption; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Vienna
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5096-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5287106