Title :
Time- and frequency-domain measurements of solitons in subwavelength silicon waveguides using cross-correlation
Author :
Ding, W. ; Gorbach, A.V. ; Wadsworth, W.J. ; Knight, J.C. ; Skryabin, D.V. ; Strain, M.J. ; Sorel, M. ; De La Rue, R.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath, Bath, UK
Abstract :
Time-domain measurements of dispersion- and nonlinearity-induced chirpings of femtosecond pulses in silicon-on-insulator nanowires reveal nonlinear dispersion compensation. Spectral measurements show pronounced dispersive wave emission by solitons.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical dispersion; optical solitons; optical waveguides; silicon; cross-correlation; dispersion-induced chirpings; dispersive wave emission; nonlinear dispersion compensation; nonlinearity-induced chirpings; silicon-on-insulator nanowires; soliton frequency-domain measurements; soliton time-domain measurements; spectral measurements; subwavelength waveguides; Chirp; Dispersion; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Pulse measurements; Silicon; Solitons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
