title: Analysis of acousto-optic interaction based on forward stimulated Brillouin scattering in hybrid phononic-photonic waveguides.
abstract: We present the generation of forward stimulated Brillouin scattering (FSBS) in hybrid phononic-photonic waveguides. To confine the optical and acoustic waves simultaneously, a hybrid waveguide is designed by embedding the silicon line defect in the silicon nitride phononic crystal slab. By taking into account three kinds hybrid waveguide, the appropriate structural parameters are obtained to enhance the acousto-optic interaction. We fabricate the honeycomb hybrid waveguide with a CMOS compatible technology. The forward Brillouin frequency shift is measured up to 2.425 GHz and the acoustic Q-factor of the corresponding acoustic mode is 1100. The influences of pump power, acoustic loss, nonlinear optical loss and lattice constant on the acousto-optic interaction in FSBS are analyzed and discussed. The proposed approach has important potential applications in on-chip all-optical signal processing.
authors.forename: Ruiwen
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Guodong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Junqiang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun