Coherent Four-Wave Mixing on Hybrid Graphene-Silicon Photonic Crystals

Tingyi Gu, Hao Zhou, James F. McMillan, Nicholas Petrone, Arend Van Der Zande, James C. Hone, Mingbin Yu, Guo Qiang Lo, Dim Lee Kwong, Chee Wei Wong

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Abstract

By placing monolayer graphene on silicon membrane, the effective Kerr coefficient of the hybrid media is enhanced 20 times compared to monolithic silicon. Optical four-wave mixing in graphene-silicon photonic crystal waveguide and a single mode cavity are observed at sub-milliwatt continuous wave input. This allows nonlinear functionalities including low power switching/gating, signal regeneration and parametric conversion, enhancing CMOS integrated photonic information processing on chips.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number6684291
JournalIEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Four-wave mixing
  • graphene optoelectronics
  • photonic crystals

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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