Title :
Millimeter wave generation using four wave mixing in silicon waveguide
Author :
Xu, L. ; Li, C. ; Lo, Stanley M G ; Tsang, H.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrated millimeter wave generation using four-wave-mixing (FWM) in silicon nanowire waveguide. By filtering the central carrier in the second order FWM, two coherent sidebands beating at photodetector generated 40 GHz RF tone.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; microwave photonics; millimetre wave generation; multiwave mixing; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical communication equipment; optical waveguides; photodetectors; semiconductor quantum wires; silicon; RF tone; Si; central carrier filtering; coherent sidebands; high-frequency wireless signal carriers; millimeter wave generation; photodetector; second order four wave mixing; silicon nanowire waveguide; Amplitude modulation; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6785-3
