Title :
Power Penalty of High-Data-Rate Transmission Delay through a Silicon Photonic Crystal Slow-Light Waveguide
Author :
Lee, B.G. ; McMillan, J.F. ; Biberman, A. ; Small, B.A. ; Wong, C.W. ; Bergman, K.
Author_Institution :
Columbia Univ., New York
Abstract :
The power penalty of a silicon photonic crystal slow-light waveguide, which can be used for optical buffering, is characterized experimentally and with simulations. The distortion, caused by dispersion near the mode onset, imposes a design performance trade-off between the obtainable delay and the tolerable degradation.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; silicon; Si; high-data-rate transmission delay; mode onset; optical buffering; power penalty; silicon photonic crystal slow-light waveguide; tolerable degradation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical distortion; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Propagation delay; Silicon; Integrated optics; Optical communication; Optical delay lines; Optical distortion; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2007
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1122-X
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2007.4300748
