Title :
Self phase modulation induced spectral broadening in silicon waveguides
Author :
Boyraz, Ozdal ; Indukuri, Tejaswi ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We have investigated spectral broadening as a mean to generate multiple wavelengths on a silicon chip. A 2/spl times/ broadening at 22 W//spl mu/m/sup 2/ of peak pulse power is demonstrated and a 7/spl times/ is predicted at 70 W/cm/sup 2/.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; self-phase modulation; silicon; spectral line broadening; Si; multiple-wavelength generation; self phase modulation; silicon chip; silicon waveguides; spectral broadening;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
