• DocumentCode
    633408
  • Title

    Nonlinear self polarization-flipping in silicon waveguides

  • Author

    Wen Qi Zhang ; Lohe, Max A. ; Monro, Tanya M. ; Bettotti, P. ; Pavesi, Lorenzo ; Afshar Vahid, Shahraam

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Photonics & Adv. Sensing, Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    June 30 2013-July 4 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We investigate the nonlinear interaction of the two polarizations in silicon waveguides and show that considering practical parameters, such as waveguide loss, dispersion and laser noise, these waveguides can show nonlinear self polarization flipping behavior.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; laser noise; light polarisation; nonlinear optics; optical dispersion; optical losses; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; dispersion; laser noise; nonlinear interaction; nonlinear self polarization-flipping; silicon waveguides; waveguide loss; Dispersion; Laser noise; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference held jointly with 2013 International Conference on Photonics in Switching (OECC/PS), 2013 18th
  • Conference_Location
    Kyoto
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6597543