Title :
Non-instantaneous optical nonlinearities in a-Si:H nanowire waveguides
Author :
Pagaan, Vincent R. ; Wathen, Jeremiah J. ; Ke-Yao Wang ; Foster, Amy C. ; Murphy, Thomas E.
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Phys. Sci., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
We report measurements of the non-instantaneous nonlinear response of hydro-genated amorphous silicon nanowire waveguides at telecommunications wavelengths. We compare the results to those obtained with similar crystalline silicon nanowires.
Keywords :
amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; hydrogen; nanowires; nonlinear optics; optical waveguides; silicon; Si:H; hydrogenated amorphous silicon nanowire waveguides; noninstantaneous optical nonlinearities; telecommunications wavelengths; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical pumping; Optical variables measurement; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
