Title :
Silicon-on-insulator optical waveguides: nonlinear properties and functional elements
Author_Institution :
Dept of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin
Abstract :
We review recent measurements of optical nonlinearities in silicon including measurements of self-phase modulation, stimulated Raman scattering and two photon absorption. We describe how the nonlinearities may be exploited for functional elements such as Raman amplifiers and high speed wavelength converters
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical waveguides; optical wavelength conversion; self-phase modulation; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; stimulated Raman scattering; two-photon processes; Raman amplifiers; optical waveguides; self-phase modulation; silicon-on-insulator; stimulated Raman scattering; two photon absorption; wavelength converters; Absorption; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Raman scattering; Silicon on insulator technology; Stimulated emission; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548145
