Frequency conversion in silicon waveguides over two-thirds of an octave

Author

Turner-Foster, Amy C. ; Foster, Mark A. ; Salem, Reza ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Lipson, Michal

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate ultra-broadband low-peak-power frequency conversion of continuous-wave light in a silicon photonic structure via four-wave mixing. Our process produces continuous conversion over two-thirds of an octave from 1241-nm to 2078-nm wavelength light.

Keywords

elemental semiconductors; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; continuous-wave light; four-wave mixing; silicon photonic structure; silicon waveguides; ultra-broadband low-peak-power frequency conversion; wavelength 1241 nm; wavelength 2078 nm; wavelength light; Bandwidth; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser tuning; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Pump lasers; Silicon; Wavelength conversion; (130.7405) Integrated optics: Wavelength conversion devices; (190.4390) Nonlinear optics: Integrated optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5224290