Title :
Determination of Third-Order Dispersion Coefficient and Observation of Soliton Radiation in Si-Wire Waveguides
Author :
I-Wei Hsieh ; Xiaogang Chen ; Dadap, Jerry I. ; Panoiu, Nicolae Coriolan ; Osgood, Richard M.
Author_Institution :
Columbia Univ., New York
Abstract :
Utilizing strong nonlinearity and dispersion engineering in silicon-wire waveguides, we observe development of soliton radiation at high power and ultrashort pulses. With this observation, we investigate a novel way to determine the third-order dispersion coefficient.
Keywords :
optical constants; optical dispersion; optical solitons; optical waveguides; silicon; dispersion engineering; silicon-wire waveguides; soliton radiation; strong nonlinearity engineering; third-order dispersion coefficient; ultrashort pulses; Dispersion; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Power measurement; Pulse measurements; Solitons; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452547
