Title :
All-optical XOR logic gate for 40Gb/s DPSK signals via FWM in a silicon nanowire
Author :
Li, F. ; Vo, T.D. ; Husko, C. ; Pelusi, M. ; Xu, D.-X. ; Densmore, A. ; Ma, R. ; Janz, S. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; Moss, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical XOR logic function for 40Gb/s DPSK signals in the C-band, based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon nanowire. Error-free operation with a system penalty of ~ 4.3dB at 10-9 BER has been achieved.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; elemental semiconductors; error statistics; multiwave mixing; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical communication equipment; optical logic; silicon; BER; DPSK signals; Si; all-optical XOR logic gate; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; error-free operation; four wave mixing; nanowire; system penalty; Adaptive optics; Band pass filters; Bit error rate; Differential phase shift keying; Logic gates; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110687
