Moss, D.; Wu, J.; Zhang, Y.; Yang, Y.; Qu, Y.; jia, L.; jia, B. Enhanced Spectral Broadening with Femtosecond Optical Pulses in Silicon Nanowires with Integrated 2D Graphene Oxide Films. Preprints2022, 2022040221. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202204.0221.v1
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Moss, D., Wu, J., Zhang, Y., Yang, Y., Qu, Y., jia, L., & jia, B. (2022). Enhanced Spectral Broadening with Femtosecond Optical Pulses in Silicon Nanowires with Integrated 2D Graphene Oxide Films. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202204.0221.v1
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Moss, D., linnan jia and baohua jia. 2022 "Enhanced Spectral Broadening with Femtosecond Optical Pulses in Silicon Nanowires with Integrated 2D Graphene Oxide Films" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202204.0221.v1
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate enhanced spectral broadening of femtosecond optical pulses after propagation through silicon-on-insulator (SOI) nanowire waveguides integrated with two-dimensional (2D) graphene oxide (GO) films. Owing to the strong mode overlap between the SOI nanowires and the GO films with a high Kerr nonlinearity, the self-phase modulation (SPM) process in the hybrid waveguides is significantly enhanced, resulting in greatly improved spectral broadening of the femtosecond optical pulses. A solution-based, transfer-free coating method is used to integrate GO films onto the SOI nanowires with precise control of the film thickness. Detailed SPM measurements using femtosecond optical pulses are carried out, achieving a broadening factor of up to ~4.3 for a device with 0.4-mm-long, 2 layers of GO. By fitting the experimental results with theory, we obtain an improvement in the waveguide nonlinear parameter by a factor of ~3.5 and the effective nonlinear figure of merit (FOM) by a factor of ~3.8, relative to the uncoated waveguide. Finally, we discuss the influence of GO film length on the spectral broadening and compare the nonlinear optical performance of different integrated waveguides coated with GO films. These results confirm the improved nonlinear optical performance for silicon devices integrated with 2D GO films.
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