Ultra-high-speed wavelength conversion in a silicon photonic chip

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 19886-19894

  Hu, Hao ^a   Ji, Hua ^a   Galili, Michael ^a   Pu, Minhao ^a   Peucheret, Christophe ^a   Christian, Hans ^a   Mulvad, H ^a   Yvind, Kresten ^a   Hvam, Jørn M ^a   Jeppesen, Palle ^a   Oxenløwe, Leif K ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHASE SHIFT KEYING; PHOTONIC DEVICES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; DATA INTEGRITY; FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; HIGH-SPEED; HIGH-SPEED OPERATION; LOW POWER; NONLINEAR ABSORPTIONS; POWER LEVELS; RETURN-TO-ZERO DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; SILICON CHIP; SILICON NANOWIRES; SILICON PHOTONICS; SWITCHING ENERGY; SWITCHING POWER; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION; ULTRA HIGH SPEED; WAVEGUIDE DISPERSIONS;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 80053940133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.019886     Document Type: Article

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