• DocumentCode
    1796005
  • Title

    Effect of two-photon absorption on phase sensitive amplification in silicon waveguides

  • Author

    Zhang, Ye ; Husko, C. ; Schroder, Jochen ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-10 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    667
  • Lastpage
    669
  • Abstract
    We provide an analytic solution for the phase sensitive amplification in silicon photonic crystal waveguides including two-photon absorption (TPA). We compare the analytical solution with experimental results and show both the TPA and free carriers limit the signal gain.
  • Keywords
    optical waveguides; silicon; two-photon processes; Si; TPA; free carriers; phase sensitive amplification; signal gain; silicon photonic crystal waveguides; two-photon absorption; Absorption; Dispersion; Kerr effect; Mathematical model; Optical fibers; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6888225