• DocumentCode
    688985
  • Title

    Strong stimulated Brillouin scattering in an on-chip silicon slot waveguide

  • Author

    Van Laer, Raphael ; Van Thourhout, Dries ; Baets, Roel

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We analyzed the enhancement of the forward Brillouin gain in a silicon slot waveguide. The calculations predict a gain of 3.6 × 105 W-1m-1, which is an order of magnitude larger than in a silicon wire.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; optical waveguides; silicon; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Si; forward Brillouin gain; gain; on-chip silicon slot waveguide; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Force; Nonlinear optics; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Scattering; Silicon; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833365