• DocumentCode
    689691
  • Title

    Evanescent-coupling-assisted four-wave mixing in a silicon directional coupler

  • Author

    Ding, Wei-Ping ; Staines, O.K. ; Hobbs, G.D. ; Gorbach, A.V. ; de Nobriga, C.E. ; Wadsworth, William J. ; Knight, Jonathan C. ; Skryabin, D.V. ; Strain, M. ; Sorel, Marc ; De La Rue, Richard M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath, Bath, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Evanescent-coupling-induced group velocity dispersion (GVD) in a subwavelength silicon directional coupler is observed to significantly modify four-wave-mixing (FWM) spectra. As the separation between two silicon wires decreases, the increasing dispersion gradually suppresses the FWM gain.
  • Keywords
    directional couplers; multiwave mixing; optical couplers; optical dispersion; silicon; FWM gain suppression; FWM spectra modification; Si; evanescent-coupling-assisted four-wave mixing; evanescent-coupling-induced group velocity dispersion; silicon wires; subwavelength silicon directional coupler; Directional couplers; Dispersion; Frequency conversion; Gain; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834078