Title :
Two-photon photovoltaic effect in silicon wavelength converters
Author :
Tsia, Kevin K. ; Fathpour, Sasan ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the harvesting of the energy that is normally lost to two-photon absorption in silicon wavelength converters
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; optical Kerr effect; optical wavelength conversion; photovoltaic effects; silicon; two-photon processes; Kerr-based silicon wavelength converters; energy harvesting; two-photon absorption; two-photon photovoltaic effect; Absorption; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; P-i-n diodes; Photovoltaic effects; Power generation; Silicon; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279162
