DocumentCode
1944921
Title
Continuous wave phase-sensitive four-wave mixing in silicon waveguides with reverse-biased p-i-n junctions
Author
Da Ros, F. ; Vukovic, Dragana ; Gajda, Andrzej ; Zimmermann, L. ; Petermann, K. ; Peucheret, Christophe
Author_Institution
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
fYear
2013
fDate
22-26 Sept. 2013
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Phase-sensitive four-wave mixing is experimentally demonstrated using continuous wave pumps in silicon waveguides with p-i-n junctions. The reverse biasing allows decreasing the free carrier lifetime, enabling a phase-sensitive extinction ratio in excess of 15 dB.
Keywords
carrier lifetime; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; multiwave mixing; optical pumping; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; continuous wave phase-sensitive four-wave mixing; continuous wave pumps; free carrier lifetime; phase-sensitive extinction ratio; reverse-biased p-i-n junctions; silicon waveguides;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location
London
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-84919-759-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/cp.2013.1579
Filename
6647772
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