Ultra-fast all optical wavelength conversion in silicon waveguides using femtosecond pulses

Ronald Dekker, Jan Niehusmann, Michael Först, Alfred Driessen

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    Abstract

    The propagation of 300 femtosecond optical pulses in Silicon-on Insulator waveguides has been studied by means of a pump-probe set-up. Large Cross Phase Modulation (XPM) induced red and blue shifts (9nm and 15nm, respectively) of the probe signal have been observed depending on the delay between pump (1554nm) and probe (1683nm) pulses. A numerical model taking into account Two Photon Absorption (TPA) and Free Carrier Absorption (FCA) in the semiconductor waveguide is presented and provides good agreement with the experimental data. Our model reveals that the wavelength conversion is dominated by the instantaneous optical Kerr effect, enabling ultra-fast all-optical functionalities. Furthermore, the importance of waveguide dispersion on the wavelength conversion efficiency will be treated in the case of femtosecond pulses.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationScience and Technology of Dielectrics for Active and Passive Photonic Devices
    EditorsP. Mascher, D Misra, Kerstin Worhoff
    Place of PublicationPennington, USA
    PublisherElectrochemical Society
    Pages27-33
    Number of pages7
    ISBN (Print)1-56677-515-9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006
    Event210th Electrochemical Society Meeting, ECS 2006 - Cancún, Mexico
    Duration: 29 Oct 20063 Nov 2006

    Publication series

    NameECS Transactions
    PublisherThe Electrochemical Society
    Number11
    Volume3
    ISSN (Print)1938-5862

    Conference

    Conference210th Electrochemical Society Meeting, ECS 2006
    Abbreviated titleECS 2006
    Country/TerritoryMexico
    CityCancún
    Period29/10/063/11/06

    Keywords

    • IOMS-PIT: PHOTONICS INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGY

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