Low-power four-channel wavelength multicasting in embedded microring resonators

• DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2014.sw3m.6
• Publication Date: 2014-06-18T07:14:59Z
• Authors: Mario C. Souza; Luis A. M. Barea; Felipe Vallini; Guilherme F. M. R...; Gustavo S. Wieder...; Newton C. Frateschi
• Keywords: 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; 02 engineering and technology

We demonstrate four-channel all-optical wavelength multicasting using only 1 mW of pump power and channel spacing of 40-60 GHz. Our device is based on a compact embedded microring design fabricated on a scalable SOI platform.