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
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