Optical parametric process, such as four wave mixing (FWM) is attracted toapplications for comb generation in Wavelength-Division-Multiplexing (WDM) systems
based on fiber-optic systems. The other aspect in these years is the technology based
on Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) with Complementary Metal Oxide semiconductor
(CMOS) technology, which enhanced the integration of optical components for optical
parametric processing is called Silicon photonics. In the current status, most studies on
optical parametric processing in telecommunication band is studied in Silicon nitride,
due to its lower optical loss (linear loss) and low two-photon absorption (TPA) as a
nonlinear loss. However, for the integration of the optical components into the well
-developed CMOS process, it is highly desired to generate comb lines with Silicon-based
mixers. In this dissertation, we introduce a new track to generate frequency combs
through parametric process through silicon mixer. As a result of this approach, wide
spectral bandwidth with dense comb lines with coherence is obtained and stabilized
from the accessible manner.
As a study of mechanism and design aspect, dispersion engineering, phase-matching
condition and TPA effect on the silicon mixer are investigated. For the effective FWM,
elaborate design for waveguide cross-section and coupling loss composed, and
enhanced PIN structure with reverse bias is applied to the system. To wrap up, this
dissertation includes the design and experiment of the parametric mixers based on
CMOS compatible silicon devise to demonstrate broadband low-noise frequency comb
with dense lines.