Coherent Four-Wave Mixing on Hybrid Graphene-Silicon Photonic Crystals

Author

Tingyi Gu ; Hao Zhou ; McMillan, J.F. ; Petrone, Nicholas ; van der Zande, Arend ; Hone, James C. ; Mingbin Yu ; Guo-Qiang Lo ; Dim-Lee Kwong ; Chee Wei Wong

Author_Institution

Opt. Nanostruct. Lab., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA

Volume

20

Issue

1

fYear

2014

fDate

Jan.-Feb. 2014

Firstpage

116

Lastpage

121

Abstract

By placing monolayer graphene on silicon membrane, the effective Kerr coefficient of the hybrid media is enhanced 20 times compared to monolithic silicon. Optical four-wave mixing in graphene-silicon photonic crystal waveguide and a single mode cavity are observed at sub-milliwatt continuous wave input. This allows nonlinear functionalities including low power switching/gating, signal regeneration and parametric conversion, enhancing CMOS integrated photonic information processing on chips.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; light coherence; multiwave mixing; silicon; CMOS integrated photonic information processing; Kerr coefficient; coherent four-wave mixing; hybrid graphene-silicon photonic crystal waveguide; hybrid media; monolayer graphene; monolithic silicon; nonlinear functionalities; parametric conversion; power switching/gating; signal regeneration; silicon membrane; single mode cavity; sub-milliwatt continuous wave input; Cavity resonators; Educational institutions; Graphene; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Four-wave mixing; graphene optoelectronics; photonic crystals;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JSTQE.2013.2290274

Filename

6684291