Title :
Experimental demonstration of UWB monocycle pulse generation using two-photon absorption in a silicon waveguide
Author :
Yue, Yang ; Huang, Hao ; Zhang, Lin ; Wang, Jian ; Yang, Jeng-Yuan ; Yilmaz, Omer F. ; Levy, Jacob S. ; Lipson, Michal ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally demonstrate UWB monocycle generation using non-degenerated two-photon absorption in a silicon waveguide. A 8.69-GHz 10-dB bandwidth (BW) and a 154.5% fractional bandwidth is achieved with a ~125 ps monocycle pulse.
Keywords :
ultra wideband communication; waveguides; UWB monocycle generation; UWB monocycle pulse generation; nondegenerated two-photon absorption; silicon waveguide; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Probes; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
