Observation of four-wave mixing in slow-light silicon photonic crystal waveguides

Opt Express. 2010 Jul 19;18(15):15484-97. doi: 10.1364/OE.18.015484.

Abstract

Four-wave mixing is observed in a silicon W1 photonic crystal waveguide. The dispersion dependence of the idler conversion efficiency is measured and shown to be enhanced at wavelengths exhibiting slow group velocities. A 12-dB increase in the conversion efficiency is observed. Concurrently, a decrease in the conversion bandwidth is observed due to the increase in group velocity dispersion in the slow-light regime. The experimentally observed conversion efficiencies agree with the numerically modeled results.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.