Title :
In-plane saturable absorption of graphene on silicon waveguides
Author :
Zerui Shi ; Chi Yan Wong ; Zhenzhou Cheng ; Ke Xu ; Hon Ki Tsang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
Using ultrafast pulses, in-plane saturable absorption in monolayer graphene placed on silicon waveguides is studied. A saturation response is observed at 15.8 pJ pulse energy and absorption decreases by 14.3% at 1.9 nJ pulse energy.
Keywords :
graphene; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguides; silicon; C; Si; energy 1.9 nJ; energy 15.8 pJ; monolayer graphene; saturation response; Absorption; Graphene; Optical device fabrication; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600163
