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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
