• DocumentCode
    2025009
  • Title

    All optical switching via XPM in silicon waveguides

  • Author

    Boyraz, Ozdal ; Koonath, Prakash ; Raghunathan, Varun ; Jalali, Bahram

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2004
  • Firstpage
    973
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate all-optical switching based on cross phase modulation in silicon waveguides. Switching of a 1537 nm CW signal by a pulsed pump at 1560 nm and with extinction of 13 dB is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; optical modulation; optical pumping; optical switches; optical waveguides; phase modulation; silicon; 1537 nm; 1560 nm; Si; XPM; all optical switching; cross phase modulation; silicon waveguides; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Laser excitation; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8557-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363571
  • Filename
    1363571