• DocumentCode
    2299237
  • Title

    Optical communication test of multiple-wavelength comb source from silicon nitride microresonators

  • Author

    Wang, Pei-Hsun ; Ferdous, Fahmida ; Miao, Houxun ; Wang, Jian ; Leaird, Daniel E. ; Srinivasan, Kartik ; Chen, Lei ; Aksyuk, Vladimir ; Weiner, Andrew M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    70
  • Lastpage
    71
  • Abstract
    We evaluate the optical communication performance of individual comb lines generated in silicon nitride microresonators. A high coherence mode yields error-free communications at 10 Gb/s, while a partially coherent mode results in closed eye diagrams.
  • Keywords
    light coherence; micro-optics; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; optical communication; optical pulse generation; silicon compounds; SiN; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; closed eye diagrams; comb lines; error-free communications; high coherence mode; multiple-wavelength comb source; optical communication test; partially coherent mode; silicon nitride microresonators; Microcavities; Noise; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Silicon; optical resonators; silicon-chip-based devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358493
  • Filename
    6358493