On-Chip Nonlinear Photonics

20 April 2020 13:00 - 14:00

Eastern Time (US & Canada) (UTC -05:00)

Over the past decade, the development of CMOS-compatible silicon technology has provided a novel platform for nonlinear optical interactions, offering a path towards chip-scale nonlinear photonic devices for applications including spectroscopy, frequency metrology, and optical computing. The high optical confinement achieved in the silicon-based platform allows for large effective nonlinearities along with the ability to tailor the dispersion of the device, which is essential for phase-matched parametric nonlinear interactions such as four-wave mixing (FWM). In this talk, I will discuss applications of nonlinear interactions in silicon and silicon nitride waveguides and microresonators, including frequency comb generation and quantum random number generation.