C Lacava, M A Ettabib, T D Bucio, G Sharp, A Z Khokhar, Y Jung, M Sorel, F Gardes, D J Richardson, P Petropoulos, P Petropoulos, F Parmigiani Intermodal bragg-scattering four wave mixing in silicon waveguides Journal Article Journal of Lightwave Technology, 37 (7), pp. 1680–1685, 2019. Abstract | Links | Tags: frequency generation, intermodal, intermodal four wave mixing, silicon, Silicon photonics, silicon-rich, wavelength conversion, wavelength converter @article{Lacava2019,
title = {Intermodal bragg-scattering four wave mixing in silicon waveguides},
author = {C Lacava and M A Ettabib and T D Bucio and G Sharp and A Z Khokhar and Y Jung and M Sorel and F Gardes and D J Richardson and P Petropoulos and P Petropoulos and F Parmigiani},
doi = {10.1109/JLT.2019.2901401},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-01-01},
journal = {Journal of Lightwave Technology},
volume = {37},
number = {7},
pages = {1680--1685},
abstract = {We demonstrate optical wavelength conversion in a multi-mode silicon waveguide using four wave mixing Bragg scattering enabled by a dual-pump CW scheme. The original signal and the generated idler pair excite one spatial mode (first, TE mode), while the two pumps excite a different spatial mode (second, TE mode) of the same waveguide. Our approach exploits the differences in the group velocities of the various supported spatial modes to ensure phase matching only for the desired nonlinear process. In this proof-of-principle experiment, any unintended idlers are generated with an extinction ratio up to 12 dB relative to the phase-matched idlers for a pumps-to-signal-idler-pair wavelength detuning of about 70 nm. The scalability of the scheme to achieve larger and multiple signal wavelength detunings from the pump frequencies is also discussed.},
keywords = {frequency generation, intermodal, intermodal four wave mixing, silicon, Silicon photonics, silicon-rich, wavelength conversion, wavelength converter},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
We demonstrate optical wavelength conversion in a multi-mode silicon waveguide using four wave mixing Bragg scattering enabled by a dual-pump CW scheme. The original signal and the generated idler pair excite one spatial mode (first, TE mode), while the two pumps excite a different spatial mode (second, TE mode) of the same waveguide. Our approach exploits the differences in the group velocities of the various supported spatial modes to ensure phase matching only for the desired nonlinear process. In this proof-of-principle experiment, any unintended idlers are generated with an extinction ratio up to 12 dB relative to the phase-matched idlers for a pumps-to-signal-idler-pair wavelength detuning of about 70 nm. The scalability of the scheme to achieve larger and multiple signal wavelength detunings from the pump frequencies is also discussed. |
I Demirtzioglou, C Lacava, K R H Bottrill, D J Thomson, G T Reed, D J Richardson, P Petropoulos Frequency comb generation in a silicon ring resonator modulator Journal Article Optics Express, 26 (2), pp. 790–797, 2018. Abstract | Links | Tags: comb generation, frequency conversion, frequency generation @article{Demirtzioglou2018,
title = {Frequency comb generation in a silicon ring resonator modulator},
author = {I Demirtzioglou and C Lacava and K R H Bottrill and D J Thomson and G T Reed and D J Richardson and P Petropoulos},
doi = {10.1364/OE.26.000790},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-01-01},
journal = {Optics Express},
volume = {26},
number = {2},
pages = {790--797},
abstract = {We report on the generation of an optical comb of highly uniform in power frequency lines (variation less than 0.7 dB) using a silicon ring resonator modulator. A characterization involving the measurement of the complex transfer function of the ring is presented and five frequency tones with a 10-GHz spacing are produced using a dual-frequency electrical input at 10 and 20 GHz. A comb shape comparison is conducted for different modulator bias voltages, indicating optimum operation at a small forward-bias voltage. A time-domain measurement confirmed that the comb signal was highly coherent, forming 20.3-ps-long pulses.},
keywords = {comb generation, frequency conversion, frequency generation},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
We report on the generation of an optical comb of highly uniform in power frequency lines (variation less than 0.7 dB) using a silicon ring resonator modulator. A characterization involving the measurement of the complex transfer function of the ring is presented and five frequency tones with a 10-GHz spacing are produced using a dual-frequency electrical input at 10 and 20 GHz. A comb shape comparison is conducted for different modulator bias voltages, indicating optimum operation at a small forward-bias voltage. A time-domain measurement confirmed that the comb signal was highly coherent, forming 20.3-ps-long pulses. |
M A Ettabib, C Lacava, Z Liu, A Bogris, A Kapsalis, M Brun, P Labeye, S Nicoletti, D Syvridis, D J Richardson, D J Richardson, P Petropoulos Wavelength conversion of complex modulation formats in a compact SiGe waveguide Journal Article Optics Express, 25 (4), pp. 3252–3258, 2017. Abstract | Links | Tags: frequency conversion, frequency generation, integrated optics, nonlinear optics, Silicon photonics, wavelength conversion @article{Ettabib2017,
title = {Wavelength conversion of complex modulation formats in a compact SiGe waveguide},
author = {M A Ettabib and C Lacava and Z Liu and A Bogris and A Kapsalis and M Brun and P Labeye and S Nicoletti and D Syvridis and D J Richardson and D J Richardson and P Petropoulos},
doi = {10.1364/OE.25.003252},
year = {2017},
date = {2017-01-01},
journal = {Optics Express},
volume = {25},
number = {4},
pages = {3252--3258},
abstract = {We report a nonlinear signal processing system based on a SiGe waveguide suitable for high spectral efficiency data signals. Four-wave-mixing (FWM)-based wavelength conversion of 10-Gbaud 16-Quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) and 64-QAM signals is demonstrated with less than -10-dB conversion efficiency (CE), 36-dB idler optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR), negligible bit error ratio (BER) penalty and a 3-dB conversion bandwidth exceeding 30nm. The SiGe device was CW-pumped and operated in a passive scheme without giving rise to any two-photon absorption (TPA) effects.},
keywords = {frequency conversion, frequency generation, integrated optics, nonlinear optics, Silicon photonics, wavelength conversion},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
We report a nonlinear signal processing system based on a SiGe waveguide suitable for high spectral efficiency data signals. Four-wave-mixing (FWM)-based wavelength conversion of 10-Gbaud 16-Quadrature amplitude modulated (QAM) and 64-QAM signals is demonstrated with less than -10-dB conversion efficiency (CE), 36-dB idler optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR), negligible bit error ratio (BER) penalty and a 3-dB conversion bandwidth exceeding 30nm. The SiGe device was CW-pumped and operated in a passive scheme without giving rise to any two-photon absorption (TPA) effects. |
