On-chip stimulated Brillouin scattering

Authors

Ravi Pant, University of Sydney
Christopher Poulton, University of Technology Sydney
Duk-Yong Choi, Australian National University
Hannah Mcfarlane, University of Sydney
Samuel Hile, University of Sydney
Enbang Li, University of SydneyFollow
Luc Thevenaz, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
Barry Luther-Davies, Australian National University
Stephen J. Madden, Australian National University
Benjamin J. Eggleton, University of Sydney

RIS ID

93377

Publication Details

Pant, R., Poulton, C., Choi, D., Mcfarlane, H., Hile, S., Li, E., Thevenaz, L., Luther-Davies, B., Madden, S. J. & Eggleton, B. J. (2011). On-chip stimulated Brillouin scattering. Optics Express, 19 (9), 8285-8290.

Abstract

We demonstrate on-chip stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in an As2S3 chalcogenide rib waveguide. SBS was characterized in a 7cm long waveguide with a cross-section 4μm x 850nm using the backscattered signal and pump-probe technique. The measured Brillouin shift and its full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) linewidth were ~7.7 GHz and 34 MHz, respectively. Probe vs. pump power measurements at the Brillouin shift were used to obtain the gain coefficient from an exponential fit. The Brillouin gain coefficient obtained was 0.715 x 10−9 m/W. A probe gain of 16 dB was obtained for a CW pump power of ~300 mW.