title: Error-free all-optical demultiplexing at 160Gb/s via FWM in a silicon nanowire.
abstract: We demonstrate all-optical time division demultiplexing from 160Gb/s to 10Gb/s in the C-band, based on four-wave mixing (FWM) in a silicon nanowire. We achieve error-free operation with a system penalty of approximately 3.9dB at 10(-9) BER.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Photonics and Optical Sciences (IPOS), Centre for Ultra-high Bandwidth for Optical Devices (CUDOS), School of Physics, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pelusi
authors.forename: D-X
authors.initials: DX
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Densmore
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Janz
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Moss
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008872:Microwaves; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D055096:Optical Devices; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D012825:Silicon