Tuning of zero group velocity dispersion in infiltrated vertical silicon slot waveguides

Opt Express. 2013 Jan 28;21(2):1741-50. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.001741.

Abstract

In this work the design of Si / hybrid waveguides which contain a vertical infiltrated slot is studied. The case of slots infiltrated with a χ³ nonlinear material of relatively high refractive index (e.g. chalcogenide glasses) is specifically discussed. An optimized waveguide geometry with periodic refractive index modulation, a nonlinear figure of merit > 1 and minimum effective mode cross section is presented. Introducing a periodic refractive index variation along the waveguide allows the adjustment of the group velocity dispersion (GVD). Choosing the period accordingly, the phase matching condition for degenerate four wave mixing (GVD = 0) can be fulfilled at virtually any desired frequency and independently from the fixed optimized waveguide cross section.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Light
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Silicon / chemistry*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / instrumentation*
  • Surface Plasmon Resonance / methods*

Substances

  • Silicon