Title :
Influence of thermal effects induced by nonlinear absorption on four-wave mixing in silicon waveguides
Author :
Minhao Pu ; Yaohui Chen ; Yvind, Kresten
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
Influence of thermal effects induced by nonlinear absorption on four-wave mixing in silicon waveguides is investigated. A conversion bandwidth reduction up to 63% is observed in simulation due to the thermal effects.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; light absorption; multiwave mixing; optical waveguide theory; silicon; thermo-optical effects; Si; conversion bandwidth reduction; four-wave mixing; nonlinear absorption; silicon waveguides; thermal effects; Absorption; Bandwidth; Dispersion; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Silicon photonics; Two-photon absorption; Wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Paris
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-2282-6
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2014.6961977
