Title :
Optical sum-frequency generation and Ferroelectric-like switching in Si-O polar structures
Author :
Shieh, JiaMin ; Yu, WenChien ; Huang, Jung Y. ; Wang, YiChao ; Chen, ChingWei ; Wang, ChaoKei ; Kuo, HaoChung ; Dai, BauTong ; Pan, CiLing
Author_Institution :
Nat. Nano Device Labs., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
Optical sum-frequency generation and ferroelectric-like switching in Si-O polar structures comprised of Si nanocrystals (nc-Si) in mesoporous silica was reported and attributed to polar layers lying at the interfaces between one-side bounded nc-Si and host.
Keywords :
mesoporous materials; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical frequency conversion; optical switches; silicon compounds; Si; SiO2; ferroelectric-like switching; mesoporous silica; nanocrystals; optical nonlinear materials; optical sum-frequency generation; polar structures; Bonding; Ferroelectric films; Ferroelectric materials; Mesoporous materials; Nanostructured materials; Nonlinear optics; Nonvolatile memory; Optical films; Optical polarization; Pulse measurements; (190.5970) Semiconductor nonlinear optics including MQW; (230.5590) Quantum-well, -wire and -dot devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
