Title :
All optical switch using stimulated Raman scattering and free carrier absorption in silicon
Author :
Khorasaninejad, Mohammadreza ; Saini, Simarjeet Singh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Abstract :
In this paper we propose an all optical switch in silicon on insulator (SOI) waveguides based on two nonlinear phenomena, stimulated Raman scattering (SRS), and free carrier absorption (FCA). About 13 dB extinction ratio is achieved.
Keywords :
light absorption; optical switches; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; stimulated Raman scattering; Si-SiO2; all optical switching; free carrier absorption; silicon-on-insulator waveguide; stimulated Raman scattering; Absorption; Charge carrier density; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Raman scattering; Silicon on insulator technology; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
Conference_Location :
Innsbruck
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2610-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2611-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771643
