Investigation of slow light enhanced nonlinear transmission for all-optical regeneration in silicon photonic crystal waveguides at 10 Gbit/s

D. Pudo, B. Corcoran, C. Monat, M. Pelusi, D. J. Moss, B. J. Eggleton, T. P. White, Liam O'Faolain, T. F. Krauss

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Abstract

We demonstrate bit error rate improvement, corroborated by eye diagram measurements, of a (10 MHz) amplitude distorted 10 Gbit/s data signal in silicon photonic crystal waveguides. This demonstration exploits a power clamping nonlinear transfer function, provided by slow light enhancement of nonlinear absorption in these waveguides. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)67-71
Number of pages5
JournalPhotonics and Nanostructures : Fundamentals and Applications
Volume8
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2010

Keywords

  • Photonic crystal
  • Slow light
  • Nonlinear optics
  • Telecommunications
  • SELF-PHASE MODULATION
  • MU-M
  • PROPAGATION
  • LASER

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