Title :
Chip-scale broadband optical isolation via Bragg scattering four-wave mixing
Author :
Saha, Kasturi ; Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Kuzucu, Onur ; Menard, Michel ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report the first demonstration of a broadband optical isolation using a Silicon nanowaveguide via Bragg scattering four-wave mixing. We achieve an isolation ratio of 4 dB over a bandwidth of 8 nm.
Keywords :
integrated optics; multiwave mixing; nanophotonics; optical isolators; optical waveguides; silicon; Bragg scattering four-wave mixing; Si; bandwidth; chip-scale broadband optical isolation; gain 4 dB; silicon nanowaveguide; wavelength 8 nm; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
