Efficient four-wave-mixing-based wavelength conversion in silicon nanowire rings without dispersion engineering

N. Vermeulen; J. E. Sipe; Y. Lefevre; C. Debaes; H. Thienpont

doi:10.1117/12.922264

10 May 2012 Efficient four-wave-mixing-based wavelength conversion in silicon nanowire rings without dispersion engineering

N. Vermeulen, J. E. Sipe, Y. Lefevre, C. Debaes, H. Thienpont

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Proceedings Volume 8431, Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated Circuits III; 843106 (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.922264
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2012, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

We propose an efficient four-wave-mixing-based wavelength conversion scheme in a silicon nanowire ring whereby no dispersion engineering of the nanowire is required. Instead, we rely on the spatial variation of the Kerr susceptibility around the ring to quasi-phase-match the wavelength conversion process for TE polarized fields. We show through numerical modeling that in the absence of dispersion engineering this quasi-phase-matched wavelength conversion approach can outperform 'conventional' wavelength conversion by as much as 10 dB.

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N. Vermeulen, J. E. Sipe, Y. Lefevre, C. Debaes, and H. Thienpont "Efficient four-wave-mixing-based wavelength conversion in silicon nanowire rings without dispersion engineering", Proc. SPIE 8431, Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated Circuits III, 843106 (10 May 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.922264

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