Paper 14100-32
Paper 14100-32
Stimulated four-wave mixing in a low footprint Q-InP channel waveguide
15 April 2026 • 09:40 - 10:00 CEST | Boston/Salon 11 (Niveau/Level 1)
Abstract
Four-wave mixing (FWM) offers promising applications in wavelength conversion, optical signal processing, and even quantum photonics. We report a study of stimulated FWM in a Q-InP channel waveguide fabricated at a commercial foundry (SMART Photonics). We performed FWM experiments and observed a nearly flat wavelength-conversion efficiency of -56.5 dB over a wide detuning range. This is attributed to the broadspectrum phase matching resulting from the small interaction length of 0.564 mm. The low-power pump and signal wavelengths are employed in these measurements to minimise absorption effects, such as two-photon absorption (TPA). Our results demonstrate that InP has high potential for nonlinear processes that require lower input power, such as spontaneous four-wave mixing (SFWM) for single-photon generation.
Presenter
Muneeb Farooq
MBRYONICS Ltd. (Ireland)
Muneeb Farooq holds a B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from the Islamic University of Science and Technology in Kashmir, India. He completed his Master's in Photonics and Quantum Materials with academic excellence at Skoltech in Moscow, Russia, in 2023. Currently, he is pursuing his doctoral studies as a Marie Curie Fellow in the European Union's MWP4SPACE project, where his research focuses on developing an integrated quantum signal source for space applications. His additional research interests include nonlinear optics and quantum photonics.