Title :
In-band OSNR monitoring via slow-light enhanced third harmonic generation in silicon photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Corcoran, B. ; Monat, C. ; Grillet, C. ; Pelusi, M. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; White, T.K. ; Faolain, L.O. ; Krauss, T.F. ; Moss, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate optical performance monitoring of in-band OSNR in 40 Gbit/s Return-to-Zero signals via slow-light enhanced third-harmonic generation in silicon photonic crystal waveguides, improving on methods using quadratic transfer functions.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical harmonic generation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; silicon; Si; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; in-band OSNR monitoring; optical performance monitoring; photonic crystal waveguides; quadratic transfer functions; return-to-zero signals; slow-light enhanced third harmonic generation; Frequency conversion; Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical noise; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Signal generators; Signal to noise ratio; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
