Title :
Mid-infrared nonlinear optics in silicon photonic wire waveguides
Author :
Green, William M J ; Liu, Xiaoping ; Osgood, Richard M., Jr. ; Vlasov, Yurii A.
Author_Institution :
IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a broadband silicon mid-infrared optical parametric amplifier operating near λ = 2200 nm. The amplifier exhibits a maximum gain as large as 25 dB, and net off-chip gain greater than 13 dB.
Keywords :
infrared spectra; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical parametric amplifiers; optical waveguides; silicon; mid-infrared nonlinear optics; off-chip gain; optical parametric amplifier; silicon photonic wire waveguides; Gain; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics; Silicon; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3730-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3731-3
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553704
