Title :
First demonstration of quasi-phase-matched four-wave-mixing in silicon waveguides
Author :
Driscoll, Jeffrey B. ; Ophir, Noam ; Grote, Richard R. ; Dadap, Jerry I. ; Panoiu, Nicolae C. ; Bergman, Keren ; Osgood, Richard M., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Sci. Labs., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate quasi-phase-matched four-wave-mixing in silicon nanowires with sinusoidally modulated width. We observe ~11 dB conversion efficiency enhancement for targeted wavelengths >;100 nm away from the edge of the 3-dB conversion bandwidth.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; multiwave mixing; nanowires; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; conversion efficiency enhancement; nanowires; quasi-phase-matched four-wave-mixing; silicon waveguides; wavelength 100 nm; Dispersion; Nanowires; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
