Title :
160-Gb/s broadband wavelength conversion on chip using dispersion-engineered silicon waveguides
Author :
Lee, Benjamin G. ; Biberman, Aleksandr ; Ophir, Noam ; Turner-Foster, Amy C. ; Foster, Mark A. ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate 160-Gb/s wavelength conversion across 21 nm in the C-band using four-wave mixing in dispersion-engineered silicon photonic waveguides. Measurements show a conversion efficiency of -15.5 dB and a pulse broadening factor of 38%.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; multiwave mixing; optical dispersion; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; silicon; Si; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; broadband wavelength conversion; conversion efficiency; dispersion-engineered photonic waveguide; four-wave mixing; pulse broadening factor; Autocorrelation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics; (130.7405) Wavelength conversion devices; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
