Electrical control of parametric processes in silicon waveguides

Opt Express. 2008 Jun 23;16(13):9838-43. doi: 10.1364/oe.16.009838.

Abstract

We demonstrate electrical tuning of phase mismatch in silicon wavelength converters. Active control of birefringence induced by a thin-film piezoelectric transducer integrated on top of the waveguides is used for dispersion engineering. The technology provides a solution for compensating the phase mismatch caused by fabrication errors in integrated waveguides. It also offers a mean to dynamically control the relative dispersion between interacting waves and hence, to introduce electronic control of optical parametric processes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Simulation
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electronics / instrumentation*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Light
  • Models, Theoretical*
  • Optics and Photonics / instrumentation*
  • Refractometry / instrumentation*
  • Scattering, Radiation
  • Silicon / chemistry*
  • Silicon / radiation effects*

Substances

  • Silicon