Title :
Efficient frequency conversion at low-powers in a silicon microresonator using carrier extraction
Author :
Cardenas, Jaime ; Levy, Jacob S. ; Wiederhecker, Gustavo ; Turner-Foster, Amy ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate four-wave mixing in a silicon microresonator at low powers using a PIN diode to extract the generated carriers. We achieve conversion efficiencies as high as -6.6 dB with 7 mW of input power.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; multiwave mixing; optical frequency conversion; optical resonators; p-i-n diodes; silicon; PIN diode; Si; carrier extraction; carrier generation; four-wave mixing; frequency conversion; power 7 mW; silicon microresonator; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; PIN photodiodes; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
