Search results for "silicon photonics"
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Polymer/Perovskite Amplifying Waveguides for Active Hybrid Silicon Photonics
2015
The emission properties of hybrid halide perovskites are exploited to implement a stable and very low power operation waveguide optical amplifier integrated in a silicon platform. By optimizing its design with a poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) encapsulation, this novel photonic device presents a net gain of around 10 dB cm−1 and 3–4 nm linewidth with an energy threshold as low as 2 nJ pulse−1 and exhibiting no degradation after one year. This work was supported by Generalitat Valenciana (Project No. ISIC/2012/008), the Universitat Jaume I (Project No. 12I361.01/1), Spanish MINECO (Projects Nos. MAT2013-47192-C3-1-R and TEC2014-53727-C2-1-R) and EU-NAVOLCHI (Project No. 288869).
Parametric frequency conversion of optical simulton pulses
2007
We present an analytical description of the parametric frequency conversion of short solitary wave optical pulses in quadratic nonlinear crystals controlled by means of a continuous wave background.
Coupling evanescently low loss Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) ridge waveguides(WGs) including high Q nanocavities: For light control
2011
We have fabricated a multislotted optical nanoresonator with several spatial field distributions which are all addressable by the wavelength. The reported structure consists in an array of evanescently coupled single mode photonic crystal nanocavities. By using a scanning near-field optical microscope, we quantify the morphology of the different optical mode volumes and show that they consist in grids of light confined at the subwavelength scaleOver the last recent years, optical microcavities have proven their ability to slow down, control and even trap light inside an ultra small volume. Several approaches have led to quality factor (Q) records allowing to reach high photon life-time for …
Halide perovskite amplifiers integrated in polymer waveguides
2016
Semiconductor organometallic halide perovskites (CH 3 NH 3 PbX 3 , X=Cl, Br, I) (HPVK) have emerged as a new promising material able to improve the optoelectronic technology performance. Although this material has mostly been applied to improve the efficiency of photovoltaic devices, it also shows amazing properties for photonic applications. In particular, HPVK exhibits high photoluminescence (PL) quantum yield (up to 70%) at room temperature together with a tunable band-gap controlled by its chemical composition. In addition, since HPVKs is deposited in solution at room conditions, it can be easily incorporated in different photonic structures to efficiently exploit its emission propertie…
Record Phase Sensitive Extinction Ratio in a Silicon Germanium Waveguide
2015
A binary step-like phase response and phase-sensitive extinction ratio in excess of 28dB under CW pump operation was demonstrated in a 20mm-long low birefringence SiGe waveguide, using a polarization-assisted phase sensitive amplifier scheme.
Propagation, Stability and Interactions of Novel Three-Wave Parametric Solitons
2006
International audience; We found a new class of analytic soliton solutions that describe the parametric wave mixing of optical pulses in quadratic nonlinear crystals. We analyze the stability properties, interactions and collisions of these solitons.
Demonstration of a Plasmonic MMI Switch in 10-Gb/s True Data Traffic Conditions
2012
International audience; We report the first experimental performance evaluation of a 75-mu m-long plasmonic multimode interference switch that is hetero-integrated on a silicon-on-insulator platform, operating with 10-Gb/s data signals. The switch exhibits a 2.9-mu s response time and 44.5% modulation depth, while the extinction ratio between the ports alters from 5.4 to -1.5 dB for 35-mW electrical (switching) power. Error-free performance was achieved.
Stationary and Pulsating Dissipative Optical Bullets
2006
We demonstrate the existence of stable optical light bullets in nonlinear dissipative media. Beyond the domain where stable bullets are found, unstable bullets show unusual behaviors, like "optical rockets", pulsating solutions or pattern formation.
Switching dynamics of dark-pulse Kerr frequency comb states in optical microresonators
2021
Dissipative Kerr solitons are localized structures that exist in nonlinear optical cavities. They lead to the formation of microcombs - chip-scale frequency combs that could facilitate precision frequency synthesis and metrology by capitalizing on advances in silicon photonics. Previous demonstrations have mainly focused on anomalous dispersion cavities. Notwithstanding, localized structures also exist in the normal dispersion regime in the form of circulating dark pulses, but their physical dynamics is far from being understood. Here, we explore dark-pulse Kerr combs generated in normal dispersion optical microresonators and report the discovery of reversible switching between coherent dar…
Low energy routing platforms for optical interconnects using active plasmonics integrated with Silicon Photonics
2013
Power consumption and bandwidth of electronics appear as the main set of technology barriers in next-generation Data Center and High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments. The limited capacity and pitch lane of electrically wired interconnects require the development of new disruptive technologies to cope with the massive amount of data moving across all hierarchical communication levels, namely rack-to-rack, backplane, chip-to-chip and even on-chip interconnections. Plasmonics comes indeed as a disruptive technology that enables seamless interoperability between light beams and electronic control signals through the underlying metallic layer, providing thereby an inherent energy-efficie…