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Optics Express

  • Editor: Andrew M. Weiner
  • Vol. 21, Iss. 5 — Mar. 11, 2013
  • pp: 5931–5940

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A silicon-based widely tunable short-wave infrared optical parametric oscillator

Bart Kuyken, Xiaoping Liu, Richard M. Osgood, Roel Baets, Günther Roelkens, and William M. J. Green  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 5, pp. 5931-5940 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.005931


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Abstract

We demonstrate a synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on parametric gain in a silicon-on-insulator photonic wire. We exploit the highly nonlinear broadband response of the photonic wire to achieve broadband single-pass amplification up to 54 dB. This allows us to construct an OPO that is tunable across a 75 nm-wide band near 2075 nm, when pumped by a picosecond pulse train at 2175 nm. Additionally we demonstrate broadband tuning across 150 nm by varying the pump wavelength and exploiting the higher order dispersion characteristics of the silicon photonic wire.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3550) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, Raman
(190.4390) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, integrated optics
(230.4320) Optical devices : Nonlinear optical devices
(250.5300) Optoelectronics : Photonic integrated circuits

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: November 13, 2012
Revised Manuscript: February 16, 2013
Manuscript Accepted: February 18, 2013
Published: March 4, 2013

Citation
Bart Kuyken, Xiaoping Liu, Richard M. Osgood, Roel Baets, Günther Roelkens, and William M. J. Green, "A silicon-based widely tunable short-wave infrared optical parametric oscillator," Opt. Express 21, 5931-5940 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-5-5931


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