@inproceedings{301c89c510564ac692c6f103adb8ec0a,
title = "Giant Enhancement in Signal Contrast using Integrated All-Optical Nonlinear Thresholder",
abstract = "We experimentally demonstrate, for the first time, an all-optical nonlinear thresholder on a silicon photonic integrated circuit. This thresholder enhances signal amplitude contrast 40-fold and improves receiver sensitivity by 10 dB.",
author = "Chaoran Huang and {De Lima}, {Thomas Ferreira} and Aashu Jha and Siamak Abbaslou and Shastri, {Bhavin J.} and Prucnal, {Paul R.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research is supported by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) under grant number N000141612249. We also acknowledge the support of Applied Nanotools Inc. for their fabrication support. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 OSA.; 2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 ; Conference date: 03-03-2019 Through 07-03-2019",
year = "2019",
month = apr,
day = "22",
doi = "10.1364/ofc.2019.m3e.2",
language = "English (US)",
series = "2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings",
address = "United States",
}