Abstract

We demonstrate controlled wavelength conversion on a silicon chip based on four-wave mixing Bragg scattering (FWM-BS). A total conversion efficiency of 5% is achieved with strongly unbalanced pumps and a controlling peak power of 55 mW, while the efficiency is over 15% when using less asymmetric pumps. The numerical simulation agrees with the experimental results. Both time domain and spectral domain noise measurements show as low as 2 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) penalty because of the strong pump noise, two-photon absorption, and free-carrier absorption in silicon. We discuss how the scheme can be used to implement an all-optically controlled high-speed switch.

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