Foundry-compatible SOI waveguides with a graphene top layer for wideband wavelength conversion

N. Vermeulen; J. L. Cheng; J. E. Sipe; H. Thienpont

doi:10.1117/12.2228106

13 May 2016 Foundry-compatible SOI waveguides with a graphene top layer for wideband wavelength conversion

N. Vermeulen, J. L. Cheng, J. E. Sipe, H. Thienpont

Proceedings Volume 9891, Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated Circuits V; 98911B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228106
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2016, Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

The tremendous progress in the fabrication of highly confining silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguides has been very beneficial for four-wave-mixing (FWM)-based wavelength conversion applications. Nevertheless, to establish power-efficient and wideband FWM wavelength conversion, one typically requires long (cm-scale) SOI waveguides with dispersion-engineered cross-sections that do not comply with the fabrication constraints of multiproject- wafer-oriented silicon photonics foundries. In this paper, we numerically examine the opportunities for wideband wavelength conversion through FWM in a foundry-compatible SOI waveguide covered with the highly nonlinear two-dimensional material of graphene. When combining subwatt level pump powers with a short waveguide length of only a few hundreds of microns, perfectly phase-matched conversion with significant efficiencies close to 20 dB can be obtained over a more than 40 THz-wide signal band adjacent to the pump frequency. Because of the tunability of the graphene properties, it is also possible to obtain quasi-phase matched FWM conversion through a periodic sign reversal of the graphene third-order nonlinearity along the waveguide. Conversion efficiencies exceeding 30 dB can be achieved over a 3.4 THz-wide signal band that is situated as much as 58 THz away from the pump frequency. Finally, the graphene tunability also allows for switching between the perfectly phase-matched and quasi-phase-matched operation modes.

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N. Vermeulen, J. L. Cheng, J. E. Sipe, and H. Thienpont "Foundry-compatible SOI waveguides with a graphene top layer for wideband wavelength conversion", Proc. SPIE 9891, Silicon Photonics and Photonic Integrated Circuits V, 98911B (13 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2228106

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