Nonlinear optics on a silicon platform for broadband light generation and ultrafast information processing

With the help of the strong nonlinear optical response in silicon nanophotonic wire waveguides complex sources and devices can be integrated on a chip. We demonstrate mid-infrared wavelength translators and frequency combs Furthermore, we open up the possibility for the integration of nonlinear optical functions at telecom wavelengths by exploiting more exotic nonlinear interactions in silicon waveguides as well as new waveguide platforms.