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LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS
Volume 12, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201800111
Keywords
all-optical wavelength conversion; four-wave mixing; integrated nonlinear optics; optical signal processing; third-order nonlinear materials
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- DNRF Research Centre of Excellence, SPOC [DNRF123]
- Villum Foundation's Centre of Excellence, NATEC II
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Four-wave mixing (FWM) is a versatile optical nonlinear parametric process that enables a plethora of signal processing functionalities in optical communication. Realization of efficient and broadband all-optical signal processing with ultra-low energy consumption has been elusive for decades. Although tremendous efforts have been put into developing various material platforms, it has remained a challenge to obtain both high efficiency and broadband operation. Here, an aluminum gallium arsenide nonlinear chip with high FWM conversion efficiency per length per pump power and an ultra-broad bandwidth is presented. Combining an ultra-high material nonlinearity and strong effective nonlinear enhancement from a high-index-contrast waveguide layout, an ultra-high conversion efficiency of -4 dB is obtained in a 3-mm-long nano-waveguide. Taking advantage of high-order dispersion, a scheme is presented to realize an ultra-broad continuous conversion bandwidth covering 1280-2020 nm. A microresonator is also utilized to demonstrate a conversion efficiency enhancement gain of more than 50 dB with respect to a waveguide device, which significantly reduces the power consumption. Moreover, wavelength conversion of an optical serial data signal is performed at a bit rate beyond terabit-per-second, showing the capabilities of this III-V semiconductor material for broadband optical signal processing.
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