Title :
Travelling-wave resonant four-wave mixing on a silicon chip
Author :
Morichetti, F. ; Ferrari, C. ; Canciamilla, A. ; Melloni, A. ; Samarelli, A. ; Sorel, M.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
We demonstrate that travelling-wave four-wave mixing in coupled resonators overcomes the bandwidth limitations of wavelength conversion in single resonators, preserving the efficiency enhancement: 28-dB gain over silicon waveguides of the same length is here achieved.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; multiwave mixing; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; silicon; coupled resonators; silicon chip; silicon waveguides; travelling-wave resonant four-wave mixing; wavelength conversion; Bandwidth; Jitter; Nonlinear optics; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8338-9
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053810
