Title :
Pump-degenerate phase-sensitive amplification in amorphous Si waveguides
Author :
Hongcheng Sun ; Ke-Yao Wang ; Foster, Amy C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate phase-sensitive amplification in hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides based on pump-degenerate four-wave mixing at 90 MHz and 10 GHz. An 11.7 dB (6.6 dB) phase-sensitive extinction ratio is achieved at 90 MHz (10 GHz).
Keywords :
integrated optics; multiwave mixing; optical pumping; optical waveguides; silicon; amorphous Si waveguides; frequency 10 GHz; frequency 90 MHz; hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides; phase-sensitive extinction ratio; pump-degenerate four-wave mixing; pump-degenerate phase-sensitive amplification; Extinction ratio; Gain; Optical fiber amplifiers; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
