Title :
Slow-light based optical signal processing at 640Gb/s
Author :
Moss, David J. ; Corcoran, B. ; Monat, Christelle ; Pelusi, Mark ; Grillet, C. ; White, T.P. ; O´Faolain, Liam ; Eggleton, Benjamin J. ; Krauss, Thomas F.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Photonics & Opt. Sci., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We show that slow light is capable of enhancing nonlinear optical processes for ultra-high bandwidth all-optical signal processing on a chip at bit rates approaching 1Tb/s/. We achieve residual dispersion and optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR) monitoring via slow-light enhanced optical third-harmonic generation in dispersion engineered 2D silicon photonic crystal waveguides at bit rates from 40Gb/s to 640Gb/s.
Keywords :
optical dispersion; optical harmonic generation; optical information processing; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; silicon; slow light; 2D silicon photonic crystal waveguides; bit rate 40 Gbit/s to 640 Gbit/s; nonlinear optical processes; optical signal processing; optical signal-to-noise ratio; optical third-harmonic generation; residual dispersion; slow light;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5368-9
DOI :
10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698975
