Low-loss AlGaAs waveguide performance enhancement for continuous-wave four-wave mixing

Published/Posted: June 6, 2014

Authors: Apiratikul, P.; Porkolab, G.; Wathen, J. J.; Wang, B.; Murphy, T. E.; Richardson, C. J. K.

DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2014.STh1I.8

Abstract: Low-loss nonlinear AlGaAs waveguides are fabricated using plasma-assisted photoresist reflow. A 6.8-dB continuous-wave four-wave mixing conversion efficiency in a 1.35-um-wide waveguide, and a 44-nm half-width 3-dB bandwidth in a 0.65-μm-wide waveguide are demonstrated.

Citation:
P. Apiratikul, G. Porkolab, J. J. Wathen, B. Wang, T. E. Murphy and C. J. K. Richardson, "Low-loss AlGaAs waveguide performance enhancement for continuous-wave four-wave mixing", Conference on Lasers and Electrooptics (CLEO), San Jose, CA (USA) STh1I.8 (2014)