All-optical modulation using two-photon absorption in silicon core optical fibers

P. Mehta; N. Healy; T. D. Day; J. R. Sparks; P. J.A. Sazio; J. V. Badding; A. C. Peacock

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All-optical modulation using two-photon absorption in silicon core optical fibers

P. Mehta, N. Healy, T. D. Day, J. R. Sparks, P. J.A. Sazio, J. V. Badding, A. C. Peacock

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Abstract

All-optical modulation based on degenerate and non-degenerate two-photon absorption (TPA) is demonstrated within a hydrogenated amorphous silicon core optical fiber. The nonlinear absorption strength is determined by comparing the results of pump-probe experiments with numerical simulations of the coupled propagation equations. Subpicosec-ond modulation is achieved with an extinction ratio of more than 4dB at telecommunications wavelengths, indicating the potential for these fibers to find use in high speed signal processing applications.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	19078-19083
Number of pages	6
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	19
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.019078
State	Published - Sep 26 2011

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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