Effects of multiphoton absorption on parametric comb generation in silicon microresonators

We investigate theoretically parametric frequency comb generation in silicon microresonators for telecom and mid-infrared (MIR) wavelengths in the presence of multiphoton absorption. Parametric oscillation is inhibited at telecom wavelengths but can occur at MIR wavelengths.

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