Title :
Pulse compression by dynamic control of slow light in dispersion-tunable photonic crystal waveguide
Author :
Kondo, K. ; Ishikura, Norihiro ; Tamura, Takuya ; Baba, Toshihiko
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Yokohama Nat. Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate optical pulse compression by using two slow light in Si photonic crystal waveguide. Enhanced nonlinearity by slow light and tunable dispersion by integrated heaters achieved the compression from 8.6 to 2.6 ps.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical control; optical dispersion; optical pulse compression; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; silicon; slow light; Si; dispersion-tunable photonic crystal waveguide; dynamic control; enhanced nonlinearity; optical pulse compression; slow light; time 2.6 ps; time 8.6 ps; tunable dispersion; Dispersion; Heating; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Photonics; Silicon; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
