Abstract
A comprehensive theoretical investigation on the bit-error ratio (BER) performance of multi-channel photonic interconnects operating in pulsed regimes is presented. Specifically, the optical link contains either a silicon photonic crystal (SiPhC) or a SiPhC-graphene (SiPhC-GRA) waveguide, possessing slow-light (SL) and fast-light (FL) regimes. A series of Gaussian pulses plus complex white noise are placed at input of each channel, with output signals demultiplexed and analyzed by a direct-detection receiver. Moreover, a rigorous theoretical model is proposed to measure signal propagation in SiPhC and SiPhC-GRA, which incorporates all crucial linear and nonlinear optical effects, as well as influences of free-carriers and SL effects. BER results of multi-channel systems are evaluated by utilizing the Fourier series Karhunen-Loeve expansion method. Our findings reveal that good BER performance is acquired at SiPhCs and SiPhC-GRAs in SL regimes but with their footprint about 2.5-fold smaller than FL waveguides. Moreover, the enhanced nonlinearity in SiPhC-GRAs induced by strong graphene-SiPhC coupling causes extra signal degradation than SiPhCs at the same length. This work provides additional insights into the coupling effect be...Continue Reading
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