Error-free all-optical demultiplexing at 160Gb/s via FWM in a silicon nanowire

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 3905-3910

  Li, F ^a   Pelusi, M ^a   Xu, D X ^b   Densmore, A ^b   Ma, R ^b   Janz, S ^b   Moss, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUR WAVE MIXING; NANOWIRES;

10 GB/ S; 160 GB/S; ALL-OPTICAL; ALL-OPTICAL DEMULTIPLEXING; ERROR FREE OPERATIONS; SILICON NANOWIRES; SYSTEM PENALTY;

DEMULTIPLEXING;

NANOTUBE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL DEVICES; SILICON; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 77149121088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.003905     Document Type: Article

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