Nonlinear optics in photonic crystal nanostructures

Author

Husko, Chad

Author_Institution

Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

fYear

2012

fDate

28-31 Aug. 2012

Firstpage

89

Lastpage

90

Abstract

We examine nonlinear Kerr effects in slow-light photonic crystals in the presence of multi-photon absorption and free-carriers. We derive analytic formulations for self-phase modulation limited by three-photon absorption. These observations are confirmed with a modified nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE). Experimental verifications of several nonlinear processes are presented to support the modeling.

Keywords

Schrodinger equation; multiphoton spectra; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; nonlinear equations; optical Kerr effect; photonic crystals; self-phase modulation; slow light; NLSE; analytic formulations; free-carriers; modified nonlinear Schrodinger equation; multiphoton absorption; nonlinear Kerr effects; nonlinear optics; nonlinear processes; photonic crystal nanostructures; self-phase modulation; slow-light photonic crystals; three-photon absorption; Absorption; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2012 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

ISSN

2158-3234

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1602-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NUSOD.2012.6316529

Filename

6316529