Title :
Ultrafast nonlinear signal processing in silicon waveguides
Author :
Oxenløwe, L.K. ; Mulvad, H.C.H. ; Hu, H. ; Ji, H. ; Galili, M. ; Pu, M. ; Palushani, E. ; Yvind, K. ; Hvam, J.M. ; Clausen, A.T. ; Jeppesen, P.
Author_Institution :
DTU Fotonik, Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We describe recent demonstrations of exploiting highly nonlinear silicon waveguides for ultrafast optical signal processing. We describe wavelength conversion and serial-to-parallel conversion of 640 Gbit/s data signals and 1.28 Tbit/s demultiplexing and all-optical sampling.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; high-speed optical techniques; optical communication; optical waveguides; silicon; all-optical sampling; bit rate 640 Gbit/s; data signals; demultiplexing; highly nonlinear silicon waveguides; serial-to-parallel conversion; ultrafast nonlinear signal processing; ultrafast optical signal processing; wavelength conversion; Bit error rate; Nonlinear optics; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
