Triply resonant coherent four-wave mixing in silicon nitride microresonators
Journal article, 2015

The generation of multiple tones using four-wave mixing (FWM) has been exploited for many applications, ranging from wavelength conversion to frequency comb generation. FWM is a coherent process, meaning that its dynamics strongly depends on the relative phase among the waves involved. The coherent nature of FWM has been exploited for phase-sensitive processing in different waveguide structures, but it has never been studied in integrated microresonators. Waveguides arranged in a resonant way allow for an effective increase in the wavelength conversion efficiency (at the expense of a reduction in the operational bandwidth). In this letter, we show that phase shaping of a three-wave pump provides an extra degree of freedom for controlling the FWM dynamics in microresonators. We present experimental results in single-mode, normal-dispersion high-Q silicon nitride resonators, and numerical calculations of systems operating in the anomalous dispersion regime. Our results indicate that the wavelength conversion efficiency and modulation instability gain in microcavities pumped by multiple waves can be significantly modified with the aid of simple lossless coherent control techniques.

Author

Attila Fülöp

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Clemens Krückel

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

David Castelló-Lurbe

Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)

Universitat de Valencia

Enrique Silvestre

Universitat de Valencia

Victor Torres Company

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Optics Letters

0146-9592 (ISSN) 1539-4794 (eISSN)

Vol. 40 17 4006-4009

Phase-sensitive optical parametric amplifiers (PSOPA)

European Commission (EC) (EC/FP7/291618), 2012-03-01 -- 2017-02-28.

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Nano Technology

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1364/OL.40.004006

PubMed

26368698

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4/30/2018