Super-broadband on-chip continuous spectral translation unlocking coherent optical communications beyond conventional telecom bands

D Kong, Y Liu, Z Ren, Y Jung, C Kim, Y Chen… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Today's optical communication systems are fast approaching their capacity limits in the
conventional telecom bands. Opening up new wavelength bands is becoming an appealing …

Bridging the mid-infrared-to-telecom gap with silicon nanophotonic spectral translation

X Liu, B Kuyken, G Roelkens, R Baets… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Extending beyond traditional telecom-band applications to optical interconnects, the silicon
nanophotonic integrated circuit platform also has notable advantages for use in high …

Demonstration of electrooptic modulation at 2165nm using a silicon Mach-Zehnder interferometer

MA Van Camp, S Assefa, DM Gill, T Barwicz… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate electrooptic modulation at a wavelength of 2165nm, using a free-carrier
injection-based silicon Mach-Zehnder modulator. The modulator has a V_π∙ L figure of merit …

Width-modulation of Si photonic wires for quasi-phase-matching of four-wave-mixing: experimental and theoretical demonstration

JB Driscoll, N Ophir, RR Grote, JI Dadap, NC Panoiu… - Optics express, 2012 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate quasi-phase-matched (QPM) four-wave-mixing (FWM) in
silicon (Si) nanowire waveguides with sinusoidally modulated width. We perform discrete …

Si+-implanted Si-wire waveguide photodetectors for the mid-infrared

B Souhan, RR Grote, CP Chen, HC Huang… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
CMOS-compatible Si^+-implanted Si-waveguide pin photodetectors operating at room
temperature and at mid-infrared wavelengths from 2.2 to 2.3 µm are demonstrated …

Four-wave-mixing in the loss low submicrometer Ta2O5 channel waveguide

CL Wu, YJ Chiu, CL Chen, YY Lin, AK Chu, CK Lee - Optics letters, 2015 - opg.optica.org
A degenerate four-wave-mixing (FWM) operation in the Ta_2O_5 submicrometer channel
waveguide has been successfully demonstrated. The propagation loss of 1.5 dB/cm and …

Generation of 3.6 μm radiation and telecom-band amplification by four-wave mixing in a silicon waveguide with normal group velocity dispersion

B Kuyken, P Verheyen, P Tannouri, X Liu… - Optics letters, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Mid-infrared light generation through four-wave mixing-based frequency down-conversion in
a normal group velocity dispersion silicon waveguide is demonstrated. A telecom …

WDM transmission at 2μm over low-loss hollow core photonic bandgap fiber

N Mac Suibhne, Z Li, B Baeuerle, J Zhao… - Optical Fiber …, 2013 - opg.optica.org
WDM Transmission at 2µm over Low-Loss Hollow Core Photonic Bandgap Fiber Page 1
OW1I.6.pdf OFC/NFOEC Technical Digest İ 2013 OSA WDM Transmission at 2µm over Low-Loss …

Error-Free Operation of an All-Silicon Waveguide Photodiode at 1.9

B Souhan, CP Chen, RR Grote… - IEEE Photonics …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Error-free detection at 1 Gb/s is experimentally demonstrated with an all-Si ion-implanted pin
waveguide photodetector operating at 1.9 μm, and the receiver sensitivity is measured. The …

Wavelength division multiplexing at 2μm

N MacSuibhne, Z Li, B Baeuerle, J Zhao… - … and Exhibition on …, 2012 - opg.optica.org
This paper shows, for the first time, the implementation of a WDM subsystem at the 2µm
wavelength window with mixed formats. Three wavelength channels were directly …