Phase-sensitive amplification in silicon photonic crystal waveguides

Yanbing Zhang*, Chad Husko, Jochen Schroeder, Simon Lefrancois, Isabella H. Rey, Thomas F. Krauss, Benjamin J. Eggleton

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate phase-sensitive amplification in a silicon photonic crystal waveguide based on pump-degenerate four-wave mixing. An 11 dB phase-extinction ratio is obtained in a record compact 196 mu m nano-photonic device due to broadband slow light, in spite of the presence of two-photon absorption and free carriers. Numerical calculations show good agreement with the experimental results. (C) 2014 Optical Society of America

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)363-366
Number of pages4
JournalOptics Letters
Volume39
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jan 2014

Keywords

  • SLOW LIGHT
  • AMPLIFIERS
  • NOISE
  • FIBER
  • CHIP

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