Optics Express · 2008 · 47 citations · 7 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringPhysicsOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsNonlinear OpticsOptical Communication SystemsOptical WaveguidesSemiconductor NanomaterialsSilicon PhotonicsUltrafast OpticsFour-wave MixingOptical Delay LinesOptical Phase ConjugationOptical Time DelayPhase ConjugationTemporal Pulse DistortionVariable Optical Delay Lines
We demonstrate a technique for generating large, all-optical delays while simultaneously minimizing pulse distortion by using temporal phase conjugation via four-wave mixing in Si nanowaveguides. Using this scheme, we achieve continuously tunable delays over a range of 243 ns for 10 Gb/s NRZ data.
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