All-optical wavelength conversion of 10 Gb/s RZ-OOK data in a silicon nanowire via cross-phase modulation: Experiment and theoretical investigation

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1448-1459

  Driscoll, Jeffrey B ^a   Astar, W ^b,c   Liu, Xiaoping ^a   Dadap, Jerry I ^a   Green, William M J ^d   Vlasov, Yurii A ^d   Carter, Gary M ^b,c,e   Osgood, Richard M ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Center for Advanced Studies in Photonic Research CASPR   (United States)

^d IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Baltimore County   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical frequency conversion; optical signal processing; optical waveguides; silicon on insulator technology

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; CROSS-PHASE MODULATIONS; DETUNED; DETUNINGS; DUTY CYCLES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY; OPTICAL SIGNALS; OPTIMAL FILTER; RECEIVER SENSITIVITY; RETURN-TO-ZERO; SI NANOWIRE; SILICON NANOWIRES; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; NANOWIRES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONICS; PROBES; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDES;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 77957855333     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2038352     Document Type: Article

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