On-chip phase-shift induced control of supercontinuum generation in a dual-core Si3N4 waveguide

Xia, Lisi; Van der Slot, Peter; Timmerkamp, Maximilian; Bastiaens, H.J.M. Bert; Fallnich, Carsten; Boller, Klaus J.

Abstract

We investigate on-chip spectral control of supercontinuum generation, taking advantage of the additional spatial degree of freedom in strongly-coupled dual-core waveguides. Using numerical integration of the multi-mode generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation, we show that, with proper waveguide cross-section design, selective excitation of supermodes can vary the dispersion to its extremes, i.e., all-normal or anomalous dispersion can be selected via phase shifting in a Mach-Zehnder input circuit. The resulting control allows to provide vastly different supercontinuum spectra with the same waveguide circuit.