Title :
A hybrid photonic integrated wavelength converter on a silicon-on-insulator substrate
Author :
Stamatiadis, C. ; Stampoulidis, L. ; Vyrsokinos, K. ; Lazarou, I. ; Kalavrouziotis, D. ; Zimmermann, L. ; Voigt, K. ; Preve, G.B. ; Moerl, L. ; Kreissl, J. ; Avramopoulos, H.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
We present fabrication and testing of a wavelength converter integrated on a silicon-on-insulator substrate. The chip employs a hybrid integrated SOA and delay-interferometers integrated on 4μm SOI. We demonstrate 40Gb/s error-free performance.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; light interferometry; optical fabrication; optical testing; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon-on-insulator; Si; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; error-free performance; hybrid integrated SOA; hybrid photonic integrated wavelength converter; integrated delay-interferometers; silicon-on-insulator substrate; size 4 mum; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon; Silicon on insulator technology; Substrates;
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
