Title :
Single-shot optical sampling of ultrafast signals using a silicon-chip time lens
Author :
Salem, Reza ; Foster, Mark A. ; Geraghty, David F. ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Turner-Foster, Amy C. ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate single-shot optical sampling using a time lens based on four-wave mixing in a silicon nanowaveguide. The eye diagram for an 80-Gb/s data is characterized at 1.3 TS/s sampling rate using a 5-GHz oscilloscope.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical signal detection; optical waveguides; oscilloscopes; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; four-wave mixing; frequency 5 GHz; optical nanowaveguide; oscilloscope; single-shot optical signal sampling; time lens; High speed optical techniques; Lenses; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Sampling methods; Signal processing; Silicon; Ultrafast optics; (190.4180) Nonlinear optics, devices; (190.5970) Semiconductor nonlinear optics; (190.7110) Waveguides (230.7370); (250.4745) Optical processing devices; (320.7100) Ultrafast measurements;
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
