Photonics Research, Volume. 6, Issue 8, 805(2018)

Intermodal four-wave mixing in silicon waveguides

Stefano Signorini1、*, Mattia Mancinelli1,2, Massimo Borghi1, Martino Bernard3, Mher Ghulinyan4, Georg Pucker4, and Lorenzo Pavesi1
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  • 1Department of Physics, University of Trento, Via Sommarive 14, 38123 Trento, Italy
  • 2SM Optics s.r.l., Research Programs, Via John Fitzgerald Kennedy 2, 20871 Vimercate, Italy
  • 3Department of Information Engineering, University of Brescia, Via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy
  • 4Centre for Materials and Microsystems, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, 38123 Trento, Italy
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    Stefano Signorini, Mattia Mancinelli, Massimo Borghi, Martino Bernard, Mher Ghulinyan, Georg Pucker, Lorenzo Pavesi, "Intermodal four-wave mixing in silicon waveguides," Photonics Res. 6, 805 (2018)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Feb. 6, 2018

    Accepted: May. 10, 2018

    Published Online: Aug. 1, 2018

    The Author Email: Stefano Signorini (stefano.signorini-1@unitn.it)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.6.000805

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