Giant Enhancement in Signal Contrast using Integrated All-Optical Nonlinear Thresholder

Chaoran Huang; Thomas Ferreira De Lima; Aashu Jha; Siamak Abbaslou; Bhavin J. Shastri; Paul R. Prucnal

doi:10.1364/ofc.2019.m3e.2

Giant Enhancement in Signal Contrast using Integrated All-Optical Nonlinear Thresholder

Chaoran Huang, Thomas Ferreira De Lima, Aashu Jha, Siamak Abbaslou, Bhavin J. Shastri, Paul R. Prucnal

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781943580538
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/ofc.2019.m3e.2
State	Published - Apr 22 2019
Event	2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - San Diego, United States Duration: Mar 3 2019 → Mar 7 2019

Publication series

Name	2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings

Conference

Conference	2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019
Country	United States
City	San Diego
Period	3/3/19 → 3/7/19

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Signal Processing
Computer Networks and Communications
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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Huang, C., De Lima, T. F., Jha, A., Abbaslou, S., Shastri, B. J., & Prucnal, P. R. (2019). Giant Enhancement in Signal Contrast using Integrated All-Optical Nonlinear Thresholder. In 2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings [8696744] (2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1364/ofc.2019.m3e.2

Huang, Chaoran ; De Lima, Thomas Ferreira ; Jha, Aashu ; Abbaslou, Siamak ; Shastri, Bhavin J. ; Prucnal, Paul R. / Giant Enhancement in Signal Contrast using Integrated All-Optical Nonlinear Thresholder. 2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. (2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings).

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Huang, C, De Lima, TF, Jha, A, Abbaslou, S, Shastri, BJ & Prucnal, PR 2019, Giant Enhancement in Signal Contrast using Integrated All-Optical Nonlinear Thresholder. in 2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings., 8696744, 2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019, San Diego, United States, 3/3/19. https://doi.org/10.1364/ofc.2019.m3e.2

Giant Enhancement in Signal Contrast using Integrated All-Optical Nonlinear Thresholder. / Huang, Chaoran; De Lima, Thomas Ferreira; Jha, Aashu; Abbaslou, Siamak; Shastri, Bhavin J.; Prucnal, Paul R.

2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. 8696744 (2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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Huang C, De Lima TF, Jha A, Abbaslou S, Shastri BJ, Prucnal PR. Giant Enhancement in Signal Contrast using Integrated All-Optical Nonlinear Thresholder. In 2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019. 8696744. (2019 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2019 - Proceedings). https://doi.org/10.1364/ofc.2019.m3e.2