Title :
Nonlinear optical functions in crystalline and amorphous Silicon-on-Insulator nanowires
Author :
R. Baets;B. Kuyken;X. Liu;S. Clemmen;S. Selvaraja;W. Bogaerts;D. Van Thourhout;H. Ji;H. Hu;M. Pu;M. Galili;P. Jeppesen;L. K. Oxenl⊘we;R. M. Osgood;P. Emplit;S. Massar;Y. A. Vlasov;W. M. J. Green;G. Roelkens
Author_Institution :
Photonics Research Group, Department of Information Technology, Ghent University - imec, Ghent, Belgium
fDate :
3/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Silicon-on-Insulator nanowires provide an excellent platform for nonlinear optical functions in spite of the two-photon absorption at telecom wavelengths. Work on both crystalline and amorphous silicon nanowires is reviewed, in the wavelength range of 1.5 to 2.5 μm.
Keywords :
"Optical waveguides","Silicon","Nonlinear optics","Optical signal processing","Photonics","Nanowires","Silicon on insulator technology"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
