Octave-spanning supercontinuum generation in a silicon-rich nitride waveguide
Journal article, 2016

We experimentally show octave-spanning supercontinuum generation in a nonstoichiometric silicon-rich nitride waveguide when pumped by femtosecond pulses from an erbium fiber laser. The pulse energy and bandwidth are comparable to results achieved in stoichiometric silicon nitride waveguides, but our material platform is simpler to manufacture. We also observe wave-breaking supercontinuum generation by using orthogonal pumping in the same waveguide. Additional analysis reveals that the waveguide height is a powerful tuning parameter for generating mid-infrared dispersive waves while keeping the pump in the telecom band.

Author

Liu Xing

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Minhao Pu

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Binbin Zhou

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Clemens Krückel

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Attila Fülöp

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Victor Torres Company

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Photonics

Morten Bache

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Optics Letters

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

Vol. 41 12 2719-2722

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

Infrastructure

Nanofabrication Laboratory

DOI

10.1364/OL.41.002719

PubMed

27304272

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