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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2010
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Ultrafast Silicon-Organic Hybrid (SOH) Photonics
Journal article published in 2010 by
Wolfgang Freude,
Thomas Vallaitis,
Christian Koos,
Jan-Michael Brosi,
Luca Alloatti 
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Pieter Dumon,
Roel Baets,
Michelle L. Scimeca,
Ivan Biaggio,
Benjamin Breiten,
François Diederich,
Juerg Leuthold
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Pieter Dumon,
Roel Baets,
Michelle L. Scimeca,
Ivan Biaggio,
Benjamin Breiten,
François Diederich,
Juerg Leuthold
Abstract
We demonstrate ultrafast optical signal processing up to bitrates of 170 Gbit/s. Silicon-on-insulator waveguides are defined by CMOS technology. In addition, an organic cladding pro-vides either X(3) or X(2)-nonlinearities that are not impaired by two-photon absorption. With a proper waveguide design, the influence of two-photon absorption in silicon is greatly reduced.