Parametric optical signal processing in silicon waveguides with reverse-biased p-i-n junctions

Christophe Peucheret (1) , Francesco da Ros (2) , Dragana Vukovic (2) , Kjeld Dalgaard (2) , Michael Galili (2) , Andrzej Gajda (3, 4) , Lars Zimmermann (4) , Bernd Tillack (3, 4) , Klaus Petermann (3)

1 FOTON - Fonctions Optiques pour les Technologies de l'informatiON
2 Department of Photonics Engineering [Lyngby]
3 Institut für Hochfrequenz- und Halbleiter-Systemtechnologien
4 IHP - Institut Henri Poincaré

The use of silicon-on-insulator waveguides with free carriers removal using a reverse-biased p-i-n junction for parametric optical signal processing is reviewed. High-efficiency wavelength conversion and phase-sensitive regeneration are reported.

Mots clés: nonlinear optical signal processing; silicon nano-waveguides; four-wave mixing; phase-sensitive processes

Domaines: Optique / photonique; Optique [physics.optics]

Christophe Peucheret, Francesco da Ros, Dragana Vukovic, Kjeld Dalgaard, Michael Galili, et al.. Parametric optical signal processing in silicon waveguides with reverse-biased p-i-n junctions. IEEE Photonics Society 2014 Summer Topical Meeting Series (PHOSST 2014), Jul 2014, Montreal, QC, Canada. 116-117 (paper TuD4.1), ⟨10.1109/SUM.2014.67⟩. ⟨hal-01052761⟩