Title :
On-chip mirrorless-oscillation in nonlinear silicon waveguides using non-degenerate four-wave mixing
Author :
Yan, Yan ; Zhang, Lin ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Nondegenerate mirrorless four-wave mixing oscillation with frequency tunability is proposed in silicon nonlinear waveguide by using higher spatial mode. As low as ~2W threshold power is obtained in several centimeters long waveguide.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; multiwave mixing; optical tuning; optical waveguides; silicon; frequency tunability; nondegenerate four wave mixing; nondegenerate mirrorless four wave mixing oscillation; nonlinear silicon waveguides; on-chip mirrorless oscillation; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Oscillators; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
