Low-power continuous-wave nonlinear optics in doped silica glass integrated waveguide structures

被引：296

作者：

Ferrera, M. ^{[1
]}

Razzari, L. ^{[1
,2
]}

Duchesne, D. ^{[1
]}

Morandotti, R. ^{[1
]}

Yang, Z. ^{[3
,4
]}

Liscidini, M. ^{[3
,4
]}

Sipe, J. E. ^{[3
,4
]}

Chu, S. ^{[5
]}

Little, B. E. ^{[5
]}

Moss, D. J. ^{[1
,6
]}

机构：

[1] INRS EMT, Varennes, PQ J3X 1S2, Canada

[2] Univ Pavia, Dipartimento Elettron, I-27100 Pavia, Italy

[3] Univ Toronto, Dept Phys, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada

[4] Univ Toronto, Inst Opt Sci, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada

[5] Infinera Corp, Annapolis, MD USA

[6] Univ Sydney, Sch Phys, CUDOS, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

来源：

NATURE PHOTONICS | 2008年 / 2卷 / 12期

基金：

加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 澳大利亚研究理事会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1038/nphoton.2008.228

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Photonic integrated circuits are a key component(1) of future telecommunication networks, where demands for greater bandwidth, network flexibility, and low energy consumption and cost must all be met. The quest for all-optical components has naturally targeted materials with extremely large nonlinearity, including chalcogenide glasses(2) and semiconductors, such as silicon(3) and AlGaAs (ref. 4). However, issues such as immature fabrication technology for chalcogenide glass and high linear and nonlinear losses for semiconductors motivate the search for other materials. Here we present the first demonstration of nonlinear optics in integrated silica-based glass waveguides using continuous-wave light. We demonstrate four-wave mixing, with low (5 mW) continuous-wave pump power at lambda = 1,550 nm, in high-index, doped silica glass ring resonators(5). The low loss, design flexibility and manufacturability of our device are important attributes for low-cost, high-performance, nonlinear all-optical photonic integrated circuits.

引用

页码：737 / 740

页数：4

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