All-Optical Wavelength Multicasting in Quadruple Resonance-Split Coupled Silicon Microring Cavity

We demonstrate an all-optical four-channel wavelength multicasting in a coupled silicon microring resonator system. The scheme is based on two-photon-absorption-induced free carrier dispersion in silicon. The coupled cavity facilitates resonance splitting that is utilized as individual channels for...

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Main Authors: Awanish Pandey, Shankar Kumar Selvaraja
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Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
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description We demonstrate an all-optical four-channel wavelength multicasting in a coupled silicon microring resonator system. The scheme is based on two-photon-absorption-induced free carrier dispersion in silicon. The coupled cavity facilitates resonance splitting that is utilized as individual channels for multicasting. Using the split resonances, we achieve an aggregate multicasted data rate of 48 Gbps (4 × 12 Gbps). Moreover, we also present a detailed analysis and performance of the multicasting architecture using bit error rate and eye diagram measurements.
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spelling doaj-art-6f6c81ce1f8b4522a075e9073e2ee8be2025-08-20T03:32:32ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552018-01-011061810.1109/JPHOT.2018.28795948521667All-Optical Wavelength Multicasting in Quadruple Resonance-Split Coupled Silicon Microring CavityAwanish Pandey0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5489-1000Shankar Kumar Selvaraja1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2670-7058Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, IndiaCentre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, IndiaWe demonstrate an all-optical four-channel wavelength multicasting in a coupled silicon microring resonator system. The scheme is based on two-photon-absorption-induced free carrier dispersion in silicon. The coupled cavity facilitates resonance splitting that is utilized as individual channels for multicasting. Using the split resonances, we achieve an aggregate multicasted data rate of 48 Gbps (4 × 12 Gbps). Moreover, we also present a detailed analysis and performance of the multicasting architecture using bit error rate and eye diagram measurements.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8521667/Silicon-on-insulatorphotonic integrated circuitscavity resonators
spellingShingle Awanish Pandey
Shankar Kumar Selvaraja
All-Optical Wavelength Multicasting in Quadruple Resonance-Split Coupled Silicon Microring Cavity
IEEE Photonics Journal
Silicon-on-insulator
photonic integrated circuits
cavity resonators
title All-Optical Wavelength Multicasting in Quadruple Resonance-Split Coupled Silicon Microring Cavity
title_full All-Optical Wavelength Multicasting in Quadruple Resonance-Split Coupled Silicon Microring Cavity
title_fullStr All-Optical Wavelength Multicasting in Quadruple Resonance-Split Coupled Silicon Microring Cavity
title_full_unstemmed All-Optical Wavelength Multicasting in Quadruple Resonance-Split Coupled Silicon Microring Cavity
title_short All-Optical Wavelength Multicasting in Quadruple Resonance-Split Coupled Silicon Microring Cavity
title_sort all optical wavelength multicasting in quadruple resonance split coupled silicon microring cavity
topic Silicon-on-insulator
photonic integrated circuits
cavity resonators
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8521667/
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