DocumentCode
594171
Title
Free carrier and group velocity dispersion effects on silicon-based optical pulse compression
Author
Tan, Dawn T. H.
Author_Institution
Pillar of Eng. Product Dev., Singapore Univ. of Technol. & Design, Singapore, Singapore
fYear
2012
fDate
13-16 Dec. 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
The effects of group velocity dispersion and free carrier lifetime on pulse compression efficiency and pulse quality is investigated in a silicon-based optical pulse compressor. A slightly higher amount of pulse energy is carried in the pulse pedestals in the presence of free carriers. The compression efficiency is observed to decrease monotonically as the pulse repetition rate is increased. Compressed pulses with <;10% of the pulse energy in the pedestals may be derived by appropriately designing the dispersion in the pulse compressor.
Keywords
carrier lifetime; elemental semiconductors; optical dispersion; optical pulse compression; silicon; Si; free carrier lifetime effect; group velocity dispersion effect; pulse energy; pulse pedestals; pulse quality; pulse repetition rate; silicon-based optical pulse compression efficiency; Chirp; Gratings; Silicon; free carriers; group velocity dispersion; optical interconnects; optical pulse compression; silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Global Conference (PGC), 2012
Conference_Location
Singapore
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-2513-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PGC.2012.6458100
Filename
6458100
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