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ArticleNanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)2025

Theoretical studies of modulation instability, Fermi-Pasta-Ulam recurrence and pattern formation in an ultra-silicon-rich-nitride Bragg grating.

Amdad Chowdury, Benjamin J Eggleton, Dawn T H Tan

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Amdad ChowduryPhotonics Devices and Systems Group, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Rd., Singapore 487372, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8914-215X
Benjamin J EggletonSchool of Physics, Institute of Photonics and Optical Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
Dawn T H TanPhotonics Devices and Systems Group, Singapore University of Technology and Design, 8 Somapah Rd., Singapore 487372, Singapore.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7111-1125

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Ultra-silicon-rich nitride Bragg gratings provide a powerful platform for precise light manipulation in photonic chips. Their exceptionally high nonlinearity and strong grating-induced dispersion near the stop-band edges significantly reduce the power and length required for chip-scale light-matter interactions. Using computational methods, we theoretically investigate modulational instability, Fermi-Pasta-Ulam recurrence, and pattern formation in this platform within the framework of the Akhmediev breather. We assess their experimental feasibility and show that this platform can generate a high-quality pulse train at the output. We demonstrate that modulational instability can be triggered in the gratings as short as 1-2 mm, leading to Akhmediev breather formation. By analyzing the full dispersion profile, we identify pump wavelengths that generate new frequencies and show that the grating also can produce a comb-like discrete spectrum. Furthermore, we reveal that even with high loss, parametric amplification at the grating output is possible, highlighting its potential as a nonlinear platform for frequency comb generation, wavelength-multiplexed data transmission, and high-precision pulse processing.

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integrated photonicsmodulation instabilitynonlinear opticson-chip Bragg gratingssolitons

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PMID40584417
PMCPMC12199563

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