DocumentCode
3203610
Title
Four-wave mixing in hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides at 1.55 µm
Author
Suda, Satoshi ; Tanizawa, Ken ; Kamei, Toshihiko ; Sakakibara, Youichi ; Shoji, Yuya ; Kintaka, Kenji ; Kawashima, Hitoshi ; Mori, Masahiko ; Hasama, Toshifumi ; Ishikawa, Hiroshi ; Namiki, Shu
Author_Institution
Network Photonics Res. Center, Nat. Inst. of Adv. Ind. Sci. & Technol., Tsukuba, Japan
fYear
2010
fDate
1-3 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
168
Lastpage
170
Abstract
We report the observation of four-wave mixing in hydrogenated-amorphous-silicon waveguides. The maximum conversion efficiency is -19 dB for 4.0-mm-long hydrogenated-amorphous-silicon waveguide and 10-GHz repetition pump. The operation bandwidth is estimated to be over 60 nm.
Keywords
amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; multiwave mixing; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; silicon; Si; four-wave mixing; hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides; maximum conversion efficiency; size 4.0 mm; wavelength 1.55 mum; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical mixing; Probes;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2010 7th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Beijing
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-6344-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/GROUP4.2010.5643390
Filename
5643390
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