Title :
Widely tunable silicon mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Kuyken, Bart ; Liu, Xiaoping ; Osgood, Richard M., Jr. ; Baets, Roel ; Roelkens, Günther ; Green, William M J
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
A synchronously-pumped mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator is demonstrated using unprecedented large parametric gain in silicon photonic wires. The output wavelength is tunable over a 75-nm bandwidth, with a maximum output pulse energy of 1.62 pJ.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; nanophotonics; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical tuning; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; energy 1.62 pJ; large parametric gain; silicon photonic wire; synchronously pumped midinfrared optical parametric oscillator; widely tunable silicon midinfrared optical parametric oscillator; Gain; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Oscillators; Photonics; Silicon; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8338-9
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053809