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Slow-light-enhanced Brillouin scattering with integrated Bragg grating.
Optics Letters
|April 15, 2024
Summary
Researchers enhanced simulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) on a chip using slow light. This breakthrough reduces power needs and device size for photonic applications.
Area of Science:
- Photonics
- Materials Science
- Acoustics
Background:
- Photonic integration enables on-chip simulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) for applications like signal processing and sensing.
- Current on-chip SBS requires high pump power and long waveguides, limiting efficiency and integration.
- Enhancing SBS gain and reducing device footprint are critical for practical applications.
Purpose of the Study:
- To demonstrate a slow-light Brillouin-active waveguide on the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform.
- To significantly enhance SBS interaction efficiency using the slow-light effect.
- To achieve high Brillouin gain and mechanical quality factor in a compact device.
Main Methods:
- Integration of a Bragg grating with a suspended ridge waveguide on the SOI platform.
- Exploitation of the slow-light effect to boost acousto-optic interaction.
- Fabrication of a 1.25 mm device for experimental validation.
Main Results:
- Achieved a 2.1-fold enhancement of the forward Brillouin gain coefficient.
- Demonstrated a Brillouin gain coefficient of 1,693 m⁻¹W⁻¹.
- Obtained a mechanical quality factor of 1,080 in a short waveguide.
Conclusions:
- The slow-light effect significantly enhances SBS gain in SOI waveguides.
- Compact devices achieve high Brillouin gain and mechanical quality factor, reducing susceptibility to broadening.
- This approach offers a new pathway for efficient acousto-optic interaction in SOI, benefiting microwave photonics and sensing.
