Title :
Silicon germanium platform enabling mid-infrared to near-infrared conversion for telecom and sensing applications
Author :
Adonis, Bogris ; Kapsalis, Alexandros ; Hammani, Kamal ; Ettabib, Mohamed A. ; Brun, Marcel ; Labeye, P. ; Nicoletti, S. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Syvridis, Dimitris
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., Technol. Educ. Inst. of Athens, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
This paper presents the potential of silicon germanium waveguides in the nonlinear conversion of light from mid-infdrared wavelengths to the telecom band utilizing four-wave mixing. Design aspects and first characterization results of fabricated devices are presented.
Keywords :
germanium compounds; silicon compounds; waveguides; SiGe; four-wave mixing; midinfrared to near-infrared conversion; midinfrared wavelengths; nonlinear conversion; sensing applications; silicon germanium platform; silicon germanium waveguides; telecom applications; telecom band; Dispersion; Frequency conversion; Indexes; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Silicon germanium;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964166
