Towards on-chip net-gain in CMOS-compatible waveguides
Autor: | Clemens J. Kruckel, Victor Torres-Company, Peter A. Andrekson |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Physics
Silicon business.industry Physics::Optics chemistry.chemical_element 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Waveguide (optics) Power (physics) 010309 optics Nonlinear system Optics chemistry Net gain 0103 physical sciences Optoelectronics 0210 nano-technology business Realization (systems) Parametric statistics Cmos compatible |
Zdroj: | 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC). |
Popis: | On-chip optical parametric gain was first demonstrated in a silicon waveguide using a pulsed pump source [1]. However, the realization of optical net-gain with a continuous-wave (CW) pump remains a challenge in integrated platforms. Highly nonlinear fibers can provide parametric gain with CW pump [2]. The key advantage of this low-loss platform is its long effective length L eff , which results in a huge nonlinear phase shift, Θ NL = γPL eff using moderate power levels, P, in spite of the relatively low nonlinear parameter γ. The question we address in this contribution is: How far are we from obtaining net gain in a CMOS-compatible platform under CW pumping? |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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