Four-wave mixing Bragg scattering for small frequency shift from silicon coupled microrings

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ad8a4f

Abstract Frequency conversion is pivotal in nonlinear optics and quantum optics for manipulating and translating light signals across different wavelength regimes. Achieving frequency conversion between two light beams with a small frequency interval is a central challenge. In this work, we design a pair of coupled silicon microrings wherein coupled-induced mode-splitting exists to achieve a small frequency shift by the process of four-wave mixing Bragg scattering. As an example, the signal can be up or down converted to the idler which is 15.5 GHz spaced when two pumps align with another pair of split resonances. The results unveil the potential of coupled microring resonators for small interval frequency conversion in a high-fidelity, all-optical, and signal processing quantum frequency interface.

Keywords: four-wave mixing Bragg scattering silicon coupled microrings

Received: 26 September 2024
Revised: 17 October 2024
Accepted manuscript online: 23 October 2024

PACS:	42.65.Wi	(Nonlinear waveguides)
	42.65.-k	(Nonlinear optics)
	42.82.-m	(Integrated optics)
	42.82.Et	(Waveguides, couplers, and arrays)

Fund: Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2022YFF0712800).

Corresponding Authors: Ping Xu
E-mail: pingxu520@nju.edu.cn

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Chang Zhao(赵畅), Chao Wu(吴超), Pingyu Zhu(朱枰谕), Yuxing Du(杜昱星), Yan Wang(王焱), Miaomiao Yu(余苗苗), Kaikai Zhang(张凯凯), and Ping Xu(徐平) Four-wave mixing Bragg scattering for small frequency shift from silicon coupled microrings 2025 Chin. Phys. B 34 014206

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