Non-degenerate two-photon absorption in silicon waveguides. Analytical and experimental study

Zhang, Yanbing; Husko, Chad; Lefrancois, Simon; Rey, Isabella H.; Krauss, Thomas F.; Schröder, Jochen; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

doi:10.1364/OE.23.017101

Title: Non-degenerate two-photon absorption in silicon waveguides. Analytical and experimental study

Journal Article · Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Optics Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.017101· OSTI ID:1215675

Zhang, Yanbing ^[1]; Husko, Chad ^[2]; Lefrancois, Simon ^[1]; Rey, Isabella H. ^[3]; Krauss, Thomas F. ^[3]; Schröder, Jochen ^[4]; Eggleton, Benjamin J. ^[1]

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.

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.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; CE110001018; DE120101329; DE120102069; FL120100029; EP/J01771X/1

OSTI ID:: 1215675

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Vol. 23, Issue 13; ISSN 1094-4087

Publisher:: Optical Society of America (OSA)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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