Title :
Characterization of wavelength conversion by four wave mixing in silicon waveguides
Author :
Mathlouthi, Walid ; Rong, Haisheng ; Paniccia, Mario
Author_Institution :
Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA
Abstract :
We characterize a silicon based wavelength converter using a commercial semiconductor amplifier based wavelength converter as a benchmark. Results show that silicon achieves -5.5 dB efficiency, offers broader conversion bandwidth, higher OSNR and negligible channel crosstalk.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; multiwave mixing; optical crosstalk; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon; OSNR; Si; channel crosstalk; four wave mixing; semiconductor amplifier; silicon waveguides; wavelength conversion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical mixing; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon; (060.4510) Optical communications; (190.2620) Frequency conversion; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (250.5300) Photonic integrated circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
