Title :
Dimensional scaling of nonlinear optical absorption in silicon waveguides
Author :
Dimitropoulos, D. ; Jhaveri, R. ; Claps, R. ; Raghunathan, V. ; Woo, J.C.S. ; Jalali, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
A model describing dimensional scaling of carrier lifetime and hence nonlinear optical absorption is presented. It is shown that nonlinear absorption, at a given optical intensity, can be mitigated with proper design of waveguide dimensions
Keywords :
electron-hole recombination; integrated optics; optical losses; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; SOI waveguide; Si-SiO2; carrier lifetime; dimensional scaling; nonlinear optical absorption; optical intensity; silicon waveguide; waveguide dimension; Absorption; Charge carrier density; Charge carrier lifetime; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201781
