We report the measurement of low-power continuous-wave four-wave mixing in porous silicon microring resonators operating in the 1550 nm telecom band. Resonantly enhanced stimulated four-wave mixing has been measured in rings with 25 mu m radius and quality factor around 5000 for pump powers as low as a few hundreds of microwatts. A waveguide nonlinear parameter gamma = 20 W-1 m(-1) has been determined. These results suggest further research on porous silicon for low-power nonlinear optics, possibly taking advantage of its tunable porosity.

Low-power four-wave mixing in porous silicon microring resonators

SIMBULA, ANGELICA;MENOTTI, MATTEO;DE PACE, STEFANO;GALLI, MATTEO;LISCIDINI, MARCO;BAJONI, DANIELE
2016-01-01

Abstract

We report the measurement of low-power continuous-wave four-wave mixing in porous silicon microring resonators operating in the 1550 nm telecom band. Resonantly enhanced stimulated four-wave mixing has been measured in rings with 25 mu m radius and quality factor around 5000 for pump powers as low as a few hundreds of microwatts. A waveguide nonlinear parameter gamma = 20 W-1 m(-1) has been determined. These results suggest further research on porous silicon for low-power nonlinear optics, possibly taking advantage of its tunable porosity.
2016
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Four Wave Mixing, Porous Silicon, Integrated Photonics
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Simbula, Angelica; Rodriguez, G. A.; Menotti, Matteo; DE PACE, Stefano; Weiss, S. M.; Galli, Matteo; Liscidini, Marco; Bajoni, Daniele
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