Title :
Silicon-chip-based THz bandwidth radio-frequency spectrum analyser
Author :
Corcoran, B. ; Vo, T.D. ; Pelusi, M.D. ; Monat, Christelle ; Densmore, A. ; Ma, R. ; Dan-Xia Xu ; Janz, S. ; Moss, D.J. ; Eggleton, B.J.
Author_Institution :
CUDOS, Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate a silicon-chip-based radio-frequency spectrum analyser capable of measuring terabaud optical data. We investigate application to optical performance monitoring and show that free-carrier effects have a negligible impact on device operation.
Keywords :
optical information processing; radiofrequency spectra; spectral analysers; THz bandwidth; free carrier effects; optical performance monitoring; radiofrequency spectrum analyser; silicon chip; terabaud optical data; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical variables measurement; Optical waveguides; Probes; Radio frequency; nonlinear optics; optical communications; planar waveguide devices; silicon waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929900
