We present a degenerate four-wave mixing experiment on a silicon nitride (SiN) waveguide covered with gated graphene. We observe strong dependencies on signal-pump detuning and Fermi energy, i.e. the optical nonlinearity is demonstrated to be electrically tunable. In the vicinity of the interband absorption edge ($2|E_F|\approx \hbar\omega$) a peak value of the waveguide nonlinear parameter of $\approx$ 6400 m$^{ -1}$W$^{ -1}$, corresponding to a graphene nonlinear sheet conductivity $|\sigma_s^{ (3)}|\approx4.3\cdot 10^{ -19}$ A m$^2$V$^{ -3}$ is measured.
Categories: physics.optics