Second-order nonlinear silicon-organic hybrid waveguides

Opt Express. 2012 Aug 27;20(18):20506-15. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.020506.

Abstract

We describe a concept for second-order nonlinear optical processes in silicon photonics. A silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) double slot waveguide is dispersion-engineered for mode phase-matching (MPM). The proposed waveguide enables highly efficient nonlinear processes in the mid-IR range. With a cladding nonlinearity of χ(2) = 230 pm/V and 20 dBm pump power at a CW wavelength of 1550 nm, we predict a gain of 14.7 dB/cm for a 3100 nm signal. The suggested structure enables for the first time efficient second-order nonlinear optical mixing in silicon photonics with standard technology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Nonlinear Dynamics*
  • Organic Chemicals / chemistry*
  • Silicon / chemistry*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*

Substances

  • Organic Chemicals
  • Silicon