Guided-acoustic stimulated Brillouin scattering in silicon nitride photonic circuits

Authors: Roel Botter, Kaixuan Ye, Yvan Klaver, Radius Suryadharma, Okky Daulay, Gaojian Liu, Jasper van den Hoogen, Lou Kanger, Peter van der Slot, Edwin Klein, Marcel Hoekman, Chris Roeloffzen, Yang Liu, David Marpaung

Published: 2022-10-07

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq2196

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Abstract

Coherent optomechanical interaction known as stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) can enable ultrahigh resolution signal processing and narrow-linewidth lasers. SBS has recently been studied extensively in integrated waveguides; however, many implementations rely on complicated fabrication schemes. The absence of SBS in standard and mature fabrication platforms prevents its large-scale circuit integration. Notably, SBS in the emerging silicon nitride (Si