Si-rich SiNx based Kerr switch enables optical data conversion up to 12 Gbit/s.
Silicon photonic interconnection on chip is the emerging issue for next-generation integrated circuits. With the Si-rich SiNx micro-ring based optical Kerr switch, we demonstrate for the first time the wavelength and format conversion of optical on-off-keying data with a bit-rate of 12 Gbit/s. The field-resonant nonlinear Kerr effect enhances the transient refractive index change when coupling the optical data-stream into the micro-ring through the bus waveguide. This effectively red-shifts the notched dip wavelength to cause the format preserved or inversed conversion of data carried by the on-resonant or off-resonant probe, respectively. The Si quantum dots doped Si-rich SiNx strengthens its nonlinear Kerr coefficient by two-orders of magnitude higher than that of bulk Si or Si3N4. The wavelength-converted and cross-amplitude-modulated probe data-stream at up to 12-Gbit/s through the Si-rich SiNx micro-ring with penalty of -7 dB on transmission has shown very promising applicability to all-optical communication networks.
Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU), No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Gong-Ru
GR
Lin
Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU), No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Sheng-Pin
SP
Su
Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU), No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Chung-Lun
CL
Wu
Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU), No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Yung-Hsiang
YH
Lin
Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU), No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Bo-Ji
BJ
Huang
Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU), No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Huai-Yung
HY
Wang
Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU), No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Cheng-Ting
CT
Tsai
Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU), No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Chih-I
CI
Wu
Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU), No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Yu-Chieh
YC
Chi