• DocumentCode
    1795732
  • Title

    Amorphous silicon for efficient chip-based nonlinear photonic devices

  • Author

    Ke-Yao Wang ; Foster, Amy C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-10 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    271
  • Lastpage
    273
  • Abstract
    Highly nonlinear CMOS-compatible hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) waveguides are studied for broad bandwidth and low-power parametric processing. Utilizing its favorable nonlinear properties, optical parametric amplification and oscillation are demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; hydrogen; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical waveguides; silicon; Si:H; broad bandwidth; chip-based nonlinear photonic devices; highly nonlinear CMOS-compatible hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides; low-power parametric processing; optical parametric amplification; optical parametric oscillation; Gain; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6888074
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1795732