Title :
Bandwidth scaling of phase-modulated CW comb through four-wave mixing on silicon nano-waveguide
Author :
Yang Liu ; Metcalf, Andrew J. ; Company, Victor Torres ; Rui Wu ; Li Fan ; Varghese, Leo T. ; Minghao Qi ; Weiner, Andrew M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a scheme to scale the bandwidth of a frequency comb generated by phase modulation of CW lasers using four-wave mixing in a silicon nano-waveguides, resulting in >100 comb lines spaced by 10-GHz within 5-dB bandwidth.
Keywords :
integrated optics; multiwave mixing; nanophotonics; optical modulation; optical waveguides; phase modulation; silicon; Si; bandwidth 10 GHz; bandwidth scaling; four-wave mixing; frequency comb generation; gain 5 dB; phase-modulated continuous-wave laser; silicon nanowaveguide; Bandwidth; Frequency modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Phase modulation; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
