Broad-bandwidth optical gain and efficient wavelength conversion in silicon waveguides

Author

Foster, Mark A. ; Sharping, Jay E. ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Turner, Amy C. ; Schmidt, Bradley S. ; Lipson, Michal

Author_Institution

Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We use phase-matched four-wave mixing in appropriately designed silicon waveguides to demonstrate amplification over a 29 nm range and efficient wavelength conversion in the range from 1511 nm to 1591 nm.

Keywords

integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; multiwave mixing; optical design techniques; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; silicon; broad-bandwidth optical gain; efficient wavelength conversion; phase-matched four-wave mixing; silicon waveguides design; wavelength 1511 nm to 1591 nm; Frequency conversion; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Repeaters; Silicon; Stimulated emission; (130.3120) Integrated optics devices; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (190.4390) Nonlinear optics, integrated optics; (190.4970) Parametric oscillators and amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627791

Filename

4627791