Title :
Wavelength-selective all-optical switching in cascaded silicon micro-rings
Author :
Wen, Y. Henry ; Lian-Wee Luo ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate all-optical modulation of individual resonances of a two-ring silicon microresonator switching fabric using Raman-induced loss. The number of unique output states for such a switching fabric scales exponentially with the number of signals.
Keywords :
integrated optics; micro-optics; optical communication equipment; optical losses; optical modulation; optical resonators; optical switches; silicon; Raman-induced loss; Si; all-optical modulation; cascaded silicon microrings; individual resonances; signal number; switching fabric scales; two-ring silicon microresonator switching fabric; unique output states; wavelength-selective all-optical switching; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical refraction; Optical ring resonators; Optical switches; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
