• DocumentCode
    2576873
  • 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
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    12-14 Jan. 2009
  • Firstpage
    38
  • Lastpage
    39
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771643
  • Filename
    4771643
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2576873