Title :
Dispersion tailoring and soliton propagation in Si waveguides
Author :
Yin, Lianghong ; Lin, Qiang ; Agrawal, Govind P.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Opt., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY
Abstract :
We show that the dispersion in SOI waveguides can be tailored to reduce the zero-dispersion wavelength below 1.5 mum. Simulations indicate soliton-like propagation of 130-fs pulses at 1.55 mum inside such a device.
Keywords :
optical dispersion; optical pulse generation; optical solitons; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; Si-SiO2; femtosecond pulse generation; silicon-on-insulator waveguides; soliton-like pulse propagation; time 130 fs; wavelength 1.55 mum; zero-dispersion wavelength; Dispersion; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Optical solitons; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Stimulated emission; 060.0060; 190.0190; 230.0230; 250.0250;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627726
