• DocumentCode
    3004106
  • Title

    Anisotropic nonlinear response of silicon in the near-infrared region

  • Author

    Lin, Q. ; Zhang, J. ; Piredda, G. ; Boyd, R.W. ; Fauchet, P.M. ; Agrawal, G.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Rochester, Rochester
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We characterize experimentally the anisotropy of two-photon absorption and the Kerr nonlinearity in silicon over a broad spectral region.
  • Keywords
    optical Kerr effect; optical properties; silicon; Kerr nonlinearity; Si; anisotropy; near-infrared region; silicon anisotropic nonlinear response; two-photon absorption; Absorption; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Geometrical optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452546
  • Filename
    4452546