Non-degenerate two-photon absorption in silicon waveguides. Analytical and experimental study
Abstract
We theoretically and experimentally investigate the nonlinear evolution of two optical pulses in a silicon waveguide. We provide an analytic solution for the weak probe wave undergoing non-degenerate two-photon absorption (TPA) from the strong pump. At larger pump intensities, we employ a numerical solution to study the interplay between TPA and photo-generated free carriers. We develop a simple and powerful approach to extract and separate out the distinct loss contributions of TPA and free-carrier absorption from readily available experimental data. Our analysis accounts accurately for experimental results in silicon photonic crystal waveguides.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Sydney, NSW (Australia)
- Univ. of Sydney, NSW (Australia); Argonne National Lab., Argonne, IL (United States)
- Univ. of York, Heslington, York (United Kingdom)
- RMIT, VIC (Australia). School of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1215675
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; CE110001018; DE120101329; DE120102069; FL120100029; EP/J01771X/1
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Optics Express
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 1094-4087
- Publisher:
- Optical Society of America (OSA)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; nonlinear optics, devices; nonlinear, four-wave mixing; Kerr effect; nonlinear optics, parametric processes; multiphoton processes
Citation Formats
Zhang, Yanbing, Husko, Chad, Lefrancois, Simon, Rey, Isabella H., Krauss, Thomas F., Schröder, Jochen, and Eggleton, Benjamin J.. Non-degenerate two-photon absorption in silicon waveguides. Analytical and experimental study. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1364/OE.23.017101.
Zhang, Yanbing, Husko, Chad, Lefrancois, Simon, Rey, Isabella H., Krauss, Thomas F., Schröder, Jochen, & Eggleton, Benjamin J.. Non-degenerate two-photon absorption in silicon waveguides. Analytical and experimental study. United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.017101
Zhang, Yanbing, Husko, Chad, Lefrancois, Simon, Rey, Isabella H., Krauss, Thomas F., Schröder, Jochen, and Eggleton, Benjamin J.. Mon .
"Non-degenerate two-photon absorption in silicon waveguides. Analytical and experimental study". United States. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.017101. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1215675.
@article{osti_1215675,
title = {Non-degenerate two-photon absorption in silicon waveguides. Analytical and experimental study},
author = {Zhang, Yanbing and Husko, Chad and Lefrancois, Simon and Rey, Isabella H. and Krauss, Thomas F. and Schröder, Jochen and Eggleton, Benjamin J.},
abstractNote = {We theoretically and experimentally investigate the nonlinear evolution of two optical pulses in a silicon waveguide. We provide an analytic solution for the weak probe wave undergoing non-degenerate two-photon absorption (TPA) from the strong pump. At larger pump intensities, we employ a numerical solution to study the interplay between TPA and photo-generated free carriers. We develop a simple and powerful approach to extract and separate out the distinct loss contributions of TPA and free-carrier absorption from readily available experimental data. Our analysis accounts accurately for experimental results in silicon photonic crystal waveguides.},
doi = {10.1364/OE.23.017101},
journal = {Optics Express},
number = 13,
volume = 23,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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