Title :
Nonlinear absorption and dispersion in fiber coupled silicon photonic crystal microresonators
Author :
Barclay, Paul E. ; Srinivasan, Kartik ; Painter, Oskar
Author_Institution :
Thomas J. Watson Lab. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Two-photon absorption, free-carrier absorption and dispersion, and thermo-optic dispersion in high-Q, ultra-small mode volume, photonic crystal cavities are studied experimentally. Sub-nanosecond free-carrier lifetimes, and optical bistability at ∼ 100μW cavity input power are observed.
Keywords :
carrier lifetime; microcavities; optical bistability; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre dispersion; optical resonators; photonic crystals; silicon; thermo-optical effects; two-photon processes; Si; fiber coupled silicon photonic crystal; free-carrier absorption; free-carrier lifetime; microresonators; nonlinear absorption; optical bistability; photonic crystal cavities; thermo-optic dispersion; two-photon absorption; Absorption; Couplings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Microcavities; Optical bistability; Optical ring resonators; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548679
