Title :
Octave-spanning supercontinuum generation in CMOS-compatible silicon nitride waveguides
Author :
Halir, Robert ; Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Levy, Jacob S. ; Foster, Mark A. ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. Ing. de Comun., Univ. de Malaga, Malaga, Spain
Abstract :
We demonstrate ultrabroadband supercontinuum generation in CMOS-compatible dispersion engineered silicon-nitride waveguides. Our process produces a supercontinuum spectrum extending over 1.6 octaves from 665 nm to 2025 nm using 160 pJ pulses.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; integrated optics; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; supercontinuum generation; CMOS-compatible dispersion engineered silicon-nitride waveguides; energy 160 pJ; octave-spanning supercontinuum generation; supercontinuum spectrum; ultrabroadband supercontinuum generation; wavelength 665 nm to 2025 nm; Dispersion; Optical fibers; Silicon; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
