Phase-sensitive parametric amplifiers in silicon waveguides

被引：3

作者：

Li, Wenjing ^{[1
]}

Sang, Xinzhu ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Beijing Univ Posts & Telecommun, Key Lab Informat Photon & Opt Commun, Minist Educ, Beijing 100876, Peoples R China

来源：

JOURNAL OF MODERN OPTICS | 2011年 / 58卷 / 14期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

silicon waveguide; noise figure; phase-sensitive amplifier; two-photon absorption; free-carrier absorption; NOISE-FIGURE; DISPERSION; CONVERSION; REDUCTION; GAIN;

D O I：

10.1080/09500340.2011.601332

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

The gain and noise of phase-sensitive amplifiers (PSAs) in silicon waveguides based on non-degenerate four-wave mixing (FWM) were investigated. Numerical results show that the PSA in a silicon waveguide offers higher gain and lower amplitude noise with special initial relative phase and suitable pump power. The impacts of nonlinear losses caused by two-photon absorption and free-carrier absorption are also presented by varying free carrier lifetime; short free carrier lifetime should be chosen for optimal performance. Through silicon PSAs, amplitude noise and phase noise of a signal can be suppressed simultaneously.

引用

页码：1246 / 1251

页数：6

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