Cascaded Integration of Optical Waveguides With Third-Order Nonlinearity With Lithium Niobate Waveguides on Silicon Substrates

The cascaded integration of optical waveguides with third-order optical nonlinearity (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\chi ^{(3)}$</tex-math></inline-formula> susceptibilitiy) with lithium niobate (LiNbO <inline-formula><tex-math notation="...

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Autores principales: Amirmahdi Honardoost, Guillermo Fernando Camacho Gonzalez, Saeed Khan, Marcin Malinowski, Ashutosh Rao, Jean-Etienne Tremblay, Anupama Yadav, Kathleen Richardson, Ming C. Wu, Sasan Fathpour
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:707bad3be1374561ada7e097faa37b822021-11-23T00:00:08ZCascaded Integration of Optical Waveguides With Third-Order Nonlinearity With Lithium Niobate Waveguides on Silicon Substrates1943-065510.1109/JPHOT.2018.2827995https://doaj.org/article/707bad3be1374561ada7e097faa37b822018-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8340032/https://doaj.org/toc/1943-0655The cascaded integration of optical waveguides with third-order optical nonlinearity (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\chi ^{(3)}$</tex-math></inline-formula> susceptibilitiy) with lithium niobate (LiNbO <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$_{3}$</tex-math></inline-formula>) waveguides is demonstrated on the same chip. Thin-film (LiNbO<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$_{3}$</tex-math></inline-formula>) and chalcogenide (ChG) glass (Ge<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$_{23}$</tex-math></inline-formula>Sb<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$_{7}$</tex-math></inline-formula>S<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$_{70}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) waveguides are integrated on silicon (Si) substrates. An optical mode transition between the two waveguides is achieved through low-loss mode-converting tapers, with a measured loss of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\sim$</tex-math></inline-formula>1.5 dB for transverse-electric and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\sim$</tex-math></inline-formula>1.75 dB for transverse-magnetic input polarizations. For nonlinear characterization, wavelength conversion via four-wave mixing is demonstrated on the ChG-LN waveguides. This platform provides an efficient method for the utilization of second- and third-order optical nonlinearities on the same chip, rendering it ideal for nonlinear applications such as stabilized octave-spanning optical frequency comb generation.Amirmahdi HonardoostGuillermo Fernando Camacho GonzalezSaeed KhanMarcin MalinowskiAshutosh RaoJean-Etienne TremblayAnupama YadavKathleen RichardsonMing C. WuSasan FathpourIEEEarticlePhotonic integrated circuitsnanophotonicsnonlinear opticssilicon photonicsApplied optics. PhotonicsTA1501-1820Optics. LightQC350-467ENIEEE Photonics Journal, Vol 10, Iss 3, Pp 1-9 (2018)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Photonic integrated circuits
nanophotonics
nonlinear optics
silicon photonics
Applied optics. Photonics
TA1501-1820
Optics. Light
QC350-467
spellingShingle Photonic integrated circuits
nanophotonics
nonlinear optics
silicon photonics
Applied optics. Photonics
TA1501-1820
Optics. Light
QC350-467
Amirmahdi Honardoost
Guillermo Fernando Camacho Gonzalez
Saeed Khan
Marcin Malinowski
Ashutosh Rao
Jean-Etienne Tremblay
Anupama Yadav
Kathleen Richardson
Ming C. Wu
Sasan Fathpour
Cascaded Integration of Optical Waveguides With Third-Order Nonlinearity With Lithium Niobate Waveguides on Silicon Substrates
description The cascaded integration of optical waveguides with third-order optical nonlinearity (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\chi ^{(3)}$</tex-math></inline-formula> susceptibilitiy) with lithium niobate (LiNbO <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$_{3}$</tex-math></inline-formula>) waveguides is demonstrated on the same chip. Thin-film (LiNbO<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$_{3}$</tex-math></inline-formula>) and chalcogenide (ChG) glass (Ge<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$_{23}$</tex-math></inline-formula>Sb<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$_{7}$</tex-math></inline-formula>S<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$_{70}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) waveguides are integrated on silicon (Si) substrates. An optical mode transition between the two waveguides is achieved through low-loss mode-converting tapers, with a measured loss of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\sim$</tex-math></inline-formula>1.5 dB for transverse-electric and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\sim$</tex-math></inline-formula>1.75 dB for transverse-magnetic input polarizations. For nonlinear characterization, wavelength conversion via four-wave mixing is demonstrated on the ChG-LN waveguides. This platform provides an efficient method for the utilization of second- and third-order optical nonlinearities on the same chip, rendering it ideal for nonlinear applications such as stabilized octave-spanning optical frequency comb generation.
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author Amirmahdi Honardoost
Guillermo Fernando Camacho Gonzalez
Saeed Khan
Marcin Malinowski
Ashutosh Rao
Jean-Etienne Tremblay
Anupama Yadav
Kathleen Richardson
Ming C. Wu
Sasan Fathpour
author_facet Amirmahdi Honardoost
Guillermo Fernando Camacho Gonzalez
Saeed Khan
Marcin Malinowski
Ashutosh Rao
Jean-Etienne Tremblay
Anupama Yadav
Kathleen Richardson
Ming C. Wu
Sasan Fathpour
author_sort Amirmahdi Honardoost
title Cascaded Integration of Optical Waveguides With Third-Order Nonlinearity With Lithium Niobate Waveguides on Silicon Substrates
title_short Cascaded Integration of Optical Waveguides With Third-Order Nonlinearity With Lithium Niobate Waveguides on Silicon Substrates
title_full Cascaded Integration of Optical Waveguides With Third-Order Nonlinearity With Lithium Niobate Waveguides on Silicon Substrates
title_fullStr Cascaded Integration of Optical Waveguides With Third-Order Nonlinearity With Lithium Niobate Waveguides on Silicon Substrates
title_full_unstemmed Cascaded Integration of Optical Waveguides With Third-Order Nonlinearity With Lithium Niobate Waveguides on Silicon Substrates
title_sort cascaded integration of optical waveguides with third-order nonlinearity with lithium niobate waveguides on silicon substrates
publisher IEEE
publishDate 2018
url https://doaj.org/article/707bad3be1374561ada7e097faa37b82
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