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AlGaAs Nonlinear Integrated Photonics.

Ehsan Mobini¹, Daniel H G Espinosa², Kaustubh Vyas²

¹Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5, Canada.

|July 27, 2022

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Aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) nonlinear waveguides offer versatile functionalities for integrated photonics. This review details AlGaAs platforms, their nonlinear optical performance, and applications in wavelength conversion and quantum circuits.

Keywords:

AlGaAs platform four-wave mixing integrated photonics nonlinear optics

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Area of Science:

Photonics
Materials Science
Nonlinear Optics

Background:

Integrated photonic circuits require advanced nonlinear optical functionalities.
III-V semiconductors, particularly AlGaAs, are promising for monolithic integration of passive and active photonic functions.
AlGaAs exhibits significant second- and third-order optical nonlinearity.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide a comprehensive review of AlGaAs nonlinear waveguide platforms and geometries.
To analyze their nonlinear optical performances and effective nonlinear coefficients.
To highlight state-of-the-art achievements and emerging applications.

Main Methods:

Extensive literature review of AlGaAs nonlinear waveguide platforms.
Analysis of nonlinear optical performances and effective nonlinear coefficients.
Overview of experimental achievements and device applications.

Main Results:

AlGaAs waveguides demonstrate efficient tunable wavelength conversion.
On-chip frequency-comb generation and ultra-broadband supercontinuum generation are achieved.
Effective nonlinear coefficients and their wavelength dependencies are detailed.

Conclusions:

AlGaAs is a leading material for integrated nonlinear photonics.
Advanced applications include all-optical signal processing and quantum photonic circuits.
AlGaAs nonlinear devices are poised to revolutionize optical communication and computation.