• DocumentCode
    520316
  • 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
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499886