Engineering silicon waveguide nonlinear loss for integrated microwave photonics links

Jinghan Pan; Meicheng Fu; Junli Qi; Guocheng Huang; Wenjun Yi; Xiaochun Wang; Xiujian Li

doi:10.1117/12.2580179

5 November 2020 Engineering silicon waveguide nonlinear loss for integrated microwave photonics links

Jinghan Pan, Meicheng Fu, Junli Qi, Guocheng Huang, Wenjun Yi, Xiaochun Wang, Xiujian Li

Proceedings Volume 11564, AOPC 2020: Optoelectronics and Nanophotonics; and Quantum Information Technology; 115640C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2580179
Event: Applied Optics and Photonics China (AOPC 2020), 2020, Beijing, China

Abstract

As a fundamental components for the integrated microwave photonic links, the nonlinear loss of the Silicon waveguides will significantly affect the links’ performance. We study the effects of the effective mode area (A_eff), two-photon absorption (TPA), free-carriers absorption (FCA), and linear propagation loss on the insertion loss in silicon waveguides. According to our simulations, the results show that it should be an efficient way to reduce the insertion loss of the silicon by combining the large mode area, small linear propagation loss and carriers sweep out techniques. And, we can also know that when the nonlinear loss will dominate with the coupled power becoming larger. Thus, the results can provide guidances on the gain, loss, and linear dynamic range of analog photonics links based on silicon waveguide.

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Jinghan Pan, Meicheng Fu, Junli Qi, Guocheng Huang, Wenjun Yi, Xiaochun Wang, and Xiujian Li "Engineering silicon waveguide nonlinear loss for integrated microwave photonics links", Proc. SPIE 11564, AOPC 2020: Optoelectronics and Nanophotonics; and Quantum Information Technology, 115640C (5 November 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2580179

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