Title :
Integrated optical auto-correlator based on THG in a silicon photonic crystal waveguide
Author :
Monat, Christelle ; Grillet, Christian ; Collins, Matthew ; Xiong, Chunle ; Li, Juntao ; O´Faolain, Liam ; Krauss, Thomas F. ; Eggleton, Benjamin E. ; Moss, David J.
Author_Institution :
Inst. des Nanotechnol. de Lyon (INL), Univ. de Lyon, Ecully, France
Abstract :
We demonstrate a silicon chip based all-optical device capable of providing single shot time-domain measurements of picosecond pulses near λ=1550nm. The 96μm long device relies on optical third harmonic generation between two pulses in a slow light photonic crystal waveguide.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical correlation; optical harmonic generation; photonic crystals; silicon; slow light; Si; integrated optical autocorrelator; picosecond pulses; size 96 mum; slow light photonic crystal waveguide; third harmonic generation; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358631
