Title :
Large enhancement of wavelength conversion in silicon nanowaveguides via free-carrier removal
Author :
Turner-Foster, Amy C. ; Foster, Mark A. ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an increase of nearly 10 dB in the efficiency of broadband wavelength conversion via four-wave mixing in silicon nanowaveguides by incorporating a p-i-n structure and applying modest voltages to remove the free carriers.
Keywords :
Bandwidth; Integrated optics; Nanoscale devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; PIN photodiodes; Propagation losses; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
