A proposal for highly tunable optical parametric oscillation in silicon micro-resonators

被引：57

作者：

Lin, Q. ^{[1
]}

Johnson, T. J. ^{[1
]}

Perahia, R. ^{[1
]}

Michael, C. P. ^{[1
]}

Painter, O. J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] CALTECH, Dept Appl Phys, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA

来源：

OPTICS EXPRESS | 2008年 / 16卷 / 14期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1364/OE.16.010596

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We propose a novel scheme for continuous-wave pumped optical parametric oscillation (OPO) inside silicon micro-resonators. The proposed scheme not only requires a relative low lasing threshold, but also exhibits extremely broad tunability extending from the telecom band to mid infrared. (c) 2008 Optical Society of America.

引用

收藏

页码：10596 / 10610

页数：15

相关论文

共 26 条

[1]

Agrawal G.P., 2007, NONLINEAR FIBER OPTI

[2] Continuous-wave wavelength conversion in a photonic crystal fiber with two zero-dispersion wavelengths [J].

Andersen, TV ;

Hilligsoe, KM ;

Nielsen, CK ;

Thgersen, J ;

Hansen, KP ;

Keiding, SR ;

Larsen, JJ .

OPTICS EXPRESS, 2004, 12 (17) :4113-4122

[3] Nonlinear response of silicon photonic crystal microresonators excited via an integrated waveguide and fiber taper [J].

Barclay, PE ;

Srinivasan, K ;

Painter, O .

OPTICS EXPRESS, 2005, 13 (03) :801-820

[4] Beyond the Rayleigh scattering limit in high-Q silicon microdisks:: theory and experiment [J].

Borselli, M ;

Johnson, TJ ;

Painter, O .

OPTICS EXPRESS, 2005, 13 (05) :1515-1530

[5] Two-photon absorption and Kerr coefficients of silicon for 850-2200 nm [J].

Bristow, Alan D. ;

Rotenberg, Nir ;

van Driel, Henry M. .

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2007, 90 (19)

[6] Wavelength-independent coupler from fiber to an on-chip cavity, demonstrated over an 850nm span [J].

Carmon, Tal ;

Wang, Steven Y. T. ;

Ostby, Eric P. ;

Vahala, Kerry J. .

OPTICS EXPRESS, 2007, 15 (12) :7677-7681

[7]

Chen AYH, 2005, OPT LETT, V30, P762, DOI 10.1364/OL.30.7.000762

[8] Broadly tunable femtosecond parametric oscillator using a photonic crystal fiber [J].

Deng, YJ ;

Lin, Q ;

Lu, F ;

Agrawal, GP ;

Knox, WH .

OPTICS LETTERS, 2005, 30 (10) :1234-1236

[9] Third-order nonlinearities in silicon at telecom wavelengths [J].

Dinu, M ;

Quochi, F ;

Garcia, H .

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2003, 82 (18) :2954-2956

[10] Broad-band continuous-wave parametric wavelength conversion in silicon nanowaveguides [J].

Foster, Mark A. ;

Turner, Amy C. ;

Salem, Reza ;

Lipson, Michal ;

Gaeta, Alexander L. .

OPTICS EXPRESS, 2007, 15 (20) :12949-12958