Title :
Broadband continuous wavelength conversion of 10-Gb/s data in silicon waveguides spanning S-, C-, and L-bands
Author :
Ophir, Noam ; Biberman, Aleksandr ; Luke, Kevin J. ; Turner-Foster, Amy C. ; Foster, Mark A. ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate broadband continuous wavelength conversion of 10-Gb/s data across 100 nm using four-wave mixing in dispersion-engineered silicon waveguides. Error-free operation and constant 2-dB power penalties are experimentally obtained for all examined probe-idler separations.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Four-wave mixing; L-band; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; 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
