Title :
Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in silicon waveguides
Author :
Lamont, Michael R. E. ; Lau, Ryan K. W. ; Griffith, Austin ; Wen, Y. Henry ; Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Lipson, Michal ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate supercontinuum generation (SCG) spanning from telecom to mid-infrared wavelengths beyond 3.6 μηι, using a silicon-on-insulator wire waveguide, which represents the first octave-spanning SCG from a silicon chip.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; optical waveguides; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; supercontinuum generation; SCG; Si; first octave-spanning SCG; mid-infrared supercontinuum generation; silicon chip; silicon waveguides; silicon-on-insulator wire waveguide; Dispersion; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Silicon; Supercontinuum generation; Telecommunications;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
