Title :
Four-wave mixing in integrated silicon nitride waveguides
Author :
Levy, Jacob S. ; Gondarenko, Alexander ; Turner-Foster, Amy C. ; Foster, Mark A. ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate four-wave mixing in silicon nitride waveguides with -7.1 dB conversion efficiency between the signal and idler. We observe no evidence of nonlinear losses with pump powers as high as 110 W.
Keywords :
integrated optics; multiwave mixing; optical losses; optical pumping; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; SiN; four-wave mixing; integrated silicon nitride waveguide; nonlinear losses; optical conversion efficiency; optical pump power; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber filters; Optical losses; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation losses; Silicon; Wavelength division multiplexing; (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing; (230.7405) Wavelength conversion devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
