Silicon All-Optical Nanophotonic Devices for 160Gb/s Systems

随着全球带宽需求的指数级增长，电信设备的速度、成本、尺寸和能源需求正达到一个危机点。该项目将开创超高速硅集成全光信号处理设备，提供比目前基于电子的方法更快、更便宜和更节能的解决方案。在这样做的过程中，这也将直接使澳大利亚的光电子、电信和国防工业受益。它将使用纳米线波导和微环谐振器等新型结构，以高达160Gb/s的速度演示全光信号再生、波长转换、解复用等功能。

With the exponential growth in global bandwidth demand, the speed, cost, size, and energy requirements of telecommunications equipment are reaching a crisis point. This project will pioneer ultra-high speed silicon integrated all-optical signal processing devices that will provide faster, cheaper and more energy efficient solutions than current electronic based approaches. In doing so, this will also directly benefit the Australian photonics, telecommunications, and defence industries. It will use novel structures such as nanowire waveguides and micro-ring resonators to demonstrate all-optical signal regeneration, wavelength conversion, demultiplexing and other functions at speeds up to 160Gb/s.