Third order optical nonlinear effects relying on the instantaneous Kerr effect are investigated in a straight chalcogenide ridge waveguide. The sample consists of a GeSbSe film deposited on a thermally oxidized silicon substrate. Ridge waveguides were processed using photolithography and dry etching techniques. From a 1.1 cm long integrated GeSbSe device, self-phase modulation with a maximum nonlinear phase shift of 2.02 π for a peak power of 15.8 W and four-wave mixing with an external conversion efficiency of −42.6 dB for a pump power of 28 mW are demonstrated. Experimental results show a good agreement with calculations.
By means of finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations, the stationary and dynamic responses of coupled optical microring resonators made with a material exhibiting an instantaneous Kerr nonlinearity are numerically investigated. We compare the results with the coupled-mode theory (CMT) and find good agreement. We demonstrate by integrating Maxwell’s equations that this system can show a self-pulsing operation in the normal dispersion regime. Finally, this work shows that FDTD simulations can be combined with a CMT analysis for the purpose of designing optical functions whose operation is based on nonlinear coupled micro-resonators.
Based on the spin-dependent directional coupling of surface plasmons (SPs) by ∧-shaped antennas, ring-shaped structures built with such antennas have potential applications for optical tweezers and optical switch technology. In this Letter, we introduce an optical method for realizing a complete polarization tomography of coupled SP fields by such a chiral-planar structure. We use a far-field optical approach, namely leakage radiation microscopy (LRM), to map the SPs propagation and polarization. Here, we fully analyze the polarization state of the generated SPs inside the vortex lens structure. In addition, we provide a theoretical model which agrees well with the experimental results.
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