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Intermodal Bragg-scattering four wave mixing in silicon waveguides

Intermodal Bragg-scattering four wave mixing in silicon waveguides
Intermodal Bragg-scattering four wave mixing in silicon waveguides
We demonstrate optical wavelength conversion in a multi-mode silicon waveguide using four wave mixing (FWM) Bragg scattering (BS) 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.
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Richardson, David J.
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Lacava, Cosimo, Ettabib, Mohamed A., Domínguez Bucio, Thalia, Sharp, Graham, Khokhar, Ali, Jung, Yongmin, Sorel, Marc, Gardes, Frederic, Richardson, David J., Petropoulos, Periklis and Parmigiani, Francesca (2019) Intermodal Bragg-scattering four wave mixing in silicon waveguides. IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 37 (7).

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Abstract

We demonstrate optical wavelength conversion in a multi-mode silicon waveguide using four wave mixing (FWM) Bragg scattering (BS) 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.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 25 February 2019
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Local EPrints ID: 430867
URI: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/430867
ISSN: 0733-8724
PURE UUID: 85f1f585-5c9c-47cc-b6a9-8491b9deddbc
ORCID for Cosimo Lacava: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9950-8642
ORCID for Thalia Domínguez Bucio: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3664-1403
ORCID for David J. Richardson: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7751-1058
ORCID for Periklis Petropoulos: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1576-8034
ORCID for Francesca Parmigiani: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7784-2829

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Date deposited: 16 May 2019 16:30
Last modified: 20 Jul 2019 01:24

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Author: Cosimo Lacava ORCID iD
Author: Mohamed A. Ettabib
Author: Thalia Domínguez Bucio ORCID iD
Author: Graham Sharp
Author: Ali Khokhar
Author: Yongmin Jung
Author: Marc Sorel
Author: Frederic Gardes
Author: David J. Richardson ORCID iD
Author: Periklis Petropoulos ORCID iD
Author: Francesca Parmigiani ORCID iD

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