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Evaluation of graphene optical nonlinearity with photon-pair generation in graphene-on-silicon waveguides
- Source :
- Opt. Express 27, 30262 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- We evaluate the nonlinear coefficient of graphene-on-silicon waveguides through the coincidence measurement of photon-pairs generated via spontaneous four-wave mixing. We observed the temporal correlation of the photon-pairs from the waveguides over various transfer layouts of graphene sheets. A simple analysis of the experimental results using coupled-wave equations revealed that the atomically-thin graphene sheets enhanced the nonlinearity of silicon waveguides up to ten-fold. The results indicate that the purely $\chi^{(3)}$-based effective nonlinear refractive index of graphene is on the order of $10^{-13}$ m$^2$/W, and provide important insights for applications of graphene-based nonlinear optics in on-chip nanophotonics.
- Subjects :
- Physics - Optics
Quantum Physics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Opt. Express 27, 30262 (2019)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2003.09256
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.030262