Title :
Efficient continuous-wave four-wave mixing in SOI waveguides with active carrier removal
Author :
Ong, Jun Rong ; Kumar, Ravindra ; Mookherjea, Shayan
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
Silicon-on-insulator rib waveguides with low loss of -0.74 dB/cm and free-carrier lifetime reduction via reverse biased P/N diodes are used to show highly efficient CW four-wave mixing with conversion efficiency of -8 dB.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical losses; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; p-n junctions; rib waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; CW four-wave mixing; SOI waveguides; active carrier removal; continuous-wave four-wave mixing; conversion efficiency; free-carrier lifetime reduction; optical loss; reverse biased P/N diodes; silicon-on-insulator rib waveguides; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Propagation losses; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
