Title :
Optical crosstalk in a silicon nanowaveguide
Author :
Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Kuzucu, Onur ; Biberman, Aleksandr ; Ophir, Noam ; Foster, Mark A. ; Turner-Foster, Amy C. ; Salem, Reza ; Lipson, Michal ; Bergman, Keren ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
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. Results indicate that crosstalk decreases with increasing modulation frequency, which we attribute to free-carrier lifetime in the nanowaveguides.
Keywords :
Bit error rate; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency modulation; Optical crosstalk; Optical devices; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Signal generators; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
