Title :
Dynamics of nonlinear loss in a silicon slow light photonic crystal waveguide
Author :
Corcoran, Bill ; Monat, Christelle ; Pudo, Dominik ; Pelusi, Mark ; Moss, David J. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J. ; White, Thomas P. ; O´Faolain, Liam ; Krauss, Thomas F.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We directly investigate the influence of nonlinear loss dynamics on a slow-light silicon waveguide optical limiter, mapping how the response of free carrier absorption varies as intensity changes approach the free carrier recombination time.
Keywords :
Distortion measurement; Nonlinear distortion; Optical devices; Optical distortion; Optical losses; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Slow light;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
