• DocumentCode
    2228579
  • Title

    Continuously tunable wavelength conversion of data with record probe-idler separations in a silicon nanowire

  • Author

    Ophir, Noam ; Menard, Michael ; Padmaraju, Kishore ; Lau, Ryan K W ; Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Bergman, Keren

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate tunable wavelength conversion of 10-Gb/s data with up to 168-nm probe-idler separation based on four-wave mixing in silicon nanowires. We incorporate an NRZ to-RZ format change using a pulsed pump and achieve error-free operation.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; multiwave mixing; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical pumping; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; silicon; NRZ- to-RZ format; Si; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; continuously tunable wavelength conversion; error-free operation; four-wave mixing; probe-idler separations; pulsed pump; silicon nanowire; wavelength 168 nm; Bit error rate; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950169
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2228579