Ultra-compact Mode-split Silicon Microring Resonator for Format Conversion from NRZ to FSK
We propose and experimentally demonstrate all optical format conversion from non-return-to-zero (NRZ) format to frequency-shift-keying (FSK) format based on free carrier dispersion effect in a silicon mode-split microring resonator. The injection of the high-power NRZ signal generates free carriers leading to the blue shift of the spectrum when a ‘1’ comes. Therefore, there is a selective filtering for the two probes with certain separation located at different position of the split mode according to the information carried by the NRZ signal. Then the NRZ signal is converted to the FSK format. The microring resonator features ultra-compact size with a radius of 10 μm thus is suitable for integration with silicon-on-insulator (SOI) based optical and electronic devices. The split mode can provide large and variable frequency deviation for the FSK signal. 1 Gb/s NRZ signal is successfully converted to FSK format with a frequency deviation of 40 GHz, which can find application for interconnection between a metropolitan area networks (MAN) and a passive optical network (PON) system.
silicon microring resonator all-optical format conversion mode-split NRZ FSK free carrier dispersion effect MAN PON
Fangfei Liu Qiang Li Ziyang Zhang Min Qiu Yikai Su
State Key Lab of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks,Department ofElectronic Enginee Department of Microelectronics and Applied Physics,Royal Institute of Technology,Electrum 229,164 40
国际会议
2008亚太光通信会议(Asia-Pacific Optical Communications 2008)
杭州
英文
2008-10-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）