Title :
Generation of a telecom-to-mid-infrared spanning supercontinuum using silicon-on-insulator wire waveguides
Author :
Kuyken, Bart ; Liu, Xiaoping ; Osgood, Richard M., Jr. ; Vlasov, Yurii A. ; Baets, Roel ; Roelkens, Gunther ; Green, William M J
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ. - imec, Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
We demonstrate an ultra-broadband optical supercontinuum extending from 1.53μm up to 2.55μm, generated in a dispersion-engineered silicon photonic wire. The supercontinuum is generated using low power mid-infrared picosecond pump pulses at 2.12μm.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; nanowires; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; supercontinuum generation; dispersion engineered silicon photonic wire; low power mid infrared picosecond pump pulses; silicon on insulator; telecom to midinfrared spanning; ultrabroadband optical supercontinuum; wavelength 1.53 mum; wavelength 2.12 mum; wavelength 2.55 mum; wire waveguides; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Silicon; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
