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

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

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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	Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2019
Publisher	OSA - The Optical Society
ISBN (Print)	9781943580538
State	Published - 2019
Event	Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2019 - San Diego, United States Duration: Mar 3 2019 → Mar 7 2019

Publication series

Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Volume	Part F160-OFC 2019

Conference

Conference	Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	3/3/19 → 3/7/19

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Mechanics of Materials

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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 Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2019., OFC-2019-M3E.2, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, vol. Part F160-OFC 2019, OSA - The Optical Society, Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2019, San Diego, United States, 3/3/19.

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.

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2019. OSA - The Optical Society, 2019. OFC-2019-M3E.2 (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers; Vol. Part F160-OFC 2019).

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

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Giant enhancement in signal contrast using integrated all-optical nonlinear thresholder

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