Title :
Experimental demonstration of phase sensitive parametric processes in a nano-engineered silicon waveguide
Author :
Ning Kang ; Fadil, Ahmed ; Minhao Pu ; Hua Ji ; Hao Hu ; Palushani, Evarist ; Vukovic, Dragana ; Seoane, Jorge ; Haiyan Ou ; Rottwitt, Karsten ; Peucheret, Christophe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally phase-sensitive processes in nano-engineered silicon waveguides for the first time. Furthermore, we highlight paths towards the optimization of the phase-sensitive extinction ratio under the impact of two-photon and free-carrier absorption.
Keywords :
extinction coefficients; integrated optics; nanophotonics; optical parametric devices; optical waveguides; silicon; two-photon processes; Si; free-carrier absorption; nanoengineered silicon waveguides; phase sensitive parametric processes; phase-sensitive extinction ratio optimization; two-photon absorption; Absorption; Extinction ratio; Gain; Nonlinear optics; Numerical models; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA