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Broadband intermodal four-wave mixing in a fully integrated Si-rich silicon nitride wavelength converter

Broadband intermodal four-wave mixing in a fully integrated Si-rich silicon nitride wavelength converter
Broadband intermodal four-wave mixing in a fully integrated Si-rich silicon nitride wavelength converter
Nonlinear mixing of optical waves is a powerful tool for the generation of new frequency components originating from fields that co-propagate in a phase-matched manner in a waveguide, and four-wave mixing in third-order nonlinearity media is an established technique for achieving this. Four-wave mixing between waves propagating in different modes of the same waveguide offers the potential for broadband operation while maintaining a relatively simple waveguide design. Here, we employ intermodal four-wave mixing in a few-mode silicon-rich silicon nitride waveguide and have designed on-chip mode converters and couplers, both to combine the different fields and separate them at the output. This talk will present the chip design and the experiments that have benefitted from the broadband nonlinear mixing.
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Petropoulos, Periklis
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Vitali, Valerio
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Liu, Hao
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Churchill, Glenn
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Gates, James
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Vivien, Laurent
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Vitali, Valerio
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Liu, Hao
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Bottrill, Kyle
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Ortega-Monux, Alejandro
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Churchill, Glenn
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Gates, James
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Melati, Daniele
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Schmid, Jens H.
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Cristiani, Ilaria
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Cheben, Pavel
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Wanguemert-Perez, J. Gonzalo
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Lacava, Cosimo
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Gardes, Frederic
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Petropoulos, Periklis, Vitali, Valerio, Dominguez Bucio, Thalia, Liu, Hao, Bottrill, Kyle, Manuel Luque-Gonzalez, Jose, Ortega-Monux, Alejandro, Churchill, Glenn, Gates, James, Hillier, James, Kalfagiannis, Nikolaos, Melati, Daniele, Schmid, Jens H., Cristiani, Ilaria, Cheben, Pavel, Wanguemert-Perez, J. Gonzalo, Molina-Fernandez, Inigo, Lacava, Cosimo and Gardes, Frederic (2025) Broadband intermodal four-wave mixing in a fully integrated Si-rich silicon nitride wavelength converter. Vivien, Laurent and He, Sailing (eds.) In Smart Photonic and Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits 2025. vol. PC13370, SPIE.. (doi:10.1117/12.3041866).

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Abstract

Nonlinear mixing of optical waves is a powerful tool for the generation of new frequency components originating from fields that co-propagate in a phase-matched manner in a waveguide, and four-wave mixing in third-order nonlinearity media is an established technique for achieving this. Four-wave mixing between waves propagating in different modes of the same waveguide offers the potential for broadband operation while maintaining a relatively simple waveguide design. Here, we employ intermodal four-wave mixing in a few-mode silicon-rich silicon nitride waveguide and have designed on-chip mode converters and couplers, both to combine the different fields and separate them at the output. This talk will present the chip design and the experiments that have benefitted from the broadband nonlinear mixing.

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Published date: 19 March 2025

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Local EPrints ID: 505607
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/505607
ISSN: 0277-786X
PURE UUID: b233ffe9-0489-49e0-bbe2-57d52dc45a31
ORCID for Periklis Petropoulos: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-1576-8034
ORCID for Thalia Dominguez Bucio: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-3664-1403
ORCID for Kyle Bottrill: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9872-110X
ORCID for Glenn Churchill: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7621-7618
ORCID for James Gates: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-5987
ORCID for Frederic Gardes: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-1400-3272

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Date deposited: 14 Oct 2025 16:52
Last modified: 15 Oct 2025 01:58

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Author: Periklis Petropoulos ORCID iD
Author: Valerio Vitali
Author: Thalia Dominguez Bucio ORCID iD
Author: Hao Liu
Author: Kyle Bottrill ORCID iD
Author: Jose Manuel Luque-Gonzalez
Author: Alejandro Ortega-Monux
Author: Glenn Churchill ORCID iD
Author: James Gates ORCID iD
Author: James Hillier
Author: Nikolaos Kalfagiannis
Author: Daniele Melati
Author: Jens H. Schmid
Author: Ilaria Cristiani
Author: Pavel Cheben
Author: J. Gonzalo Wanguemert-Perez
Author: Inigo Molina-Fernandez
Author: Cosimo Lacava
Author: Frederic Gardes ORCID iD
Editor: Laurent Vivien
Editor: Sailing He

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