• DocumentCode
    1772522
  • Title

    Improved four-wave mixing with free-carrier removal in silicon coupled microring waveguides

  • Author

    Ong, Jun Rong ; Kumar, Ranjeet ; Xianshu Luo ; Lo Guo-Qiang ; Mookherjea, Shayan

  • Author_Institution
    University of California, San Diego, Mail Code 0407, La Jolla, 92093 USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We improve CW wavelength conversion efficiency by 10 dB in an optical waveguide consisting of 51 directly-coupled silicon microrings, based on electronic free-carrier sweepout using two reverse-biased p-n junction diodes on each microring resonator.
  • Keywords
    Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6990135