Title :
Observation of gain due to Four-Wave-Mixing in photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Colman, Pierre ; Cestier, Isabelle ; Eckhouse, Vardit ; Combrié, Sylvain ; Lehoucq, Gaëlle ; Eisenstein, Gadi ; De Rossi, Alfredo
Author_Institution :
R&D, Thales, Palaiseau, France
Abstract :
We investigate Four-Wave-Mixing in dispersion-engineered Photonic Crystal Waveguide. For 100ps pulses, the instantaneous conversion efficiency is -24 dB and for single ps pulses we demonstrate a 3dB parametric gain for Watt level pump powers.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical dispersion; optical pumping; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; dispersion-engineered; four-wave-mixing; gain 3 dB; instantaneous conversion efficiency; photonic crystal waveguides; time 100 ps; watt level pump powers; Delay; Gain; Optical fiber amplifiers; Photonic crystals; Probes; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
