Title :
Optical crosstalk in silicon nanowaveguides
Author :
Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Kuzucu, Onur ; Foster, Mark A. ; Salem, Reza ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Turner-Foster, Amy C. ; Lipson, Michal ; Biberman, Aleksandr ; Ophir, Noam ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We characterize optical crosstalk and the associated bit-error rate degradation in silicon nanowaveguides. Our results indicate that the crosstalk decreases with increasing modulation frequency and decreases with input power, which we attribute to free-carrier absorption.
Keywords :
integrated optics; nanophotonics; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical modulation; optical waveguides; bit error rate degradation; free carrier absorption; modulation frequency; optical crosstalk; silicon nanowaveguides; Absorption; Bit error rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency modulation; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical scattering; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
