Title :
Silicon-on-sapphire nanowire for mid-IR supercontinuum generation
Author :
Singh, Neetesh ; Hudson, Darren D. ; Yi Yu ; Grillet, Christian ; Read, Andrew ; Atanackovic, Petar ; Duval, Steven G. ; Madden, Stephen ; Moss, David J. ; Luther-Davies, Barry ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate an octave spanning, 1.9-6.2 μm supercontinuum generation in a low loss silicon on a sapphire (SOS) nanowire. This establishes SOS as a promising new platform for integrated nonlinear photonics in the mid-IR.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectra; integrated optics; nanophotonics; nanowires; sapphire; silicon; supercontinuum generation; Si-Al2O3; integrated nonlinear photonics; low loss silicon-on-sapphire nanowire; mid-IR supercontinuum generation; wavelength 1.9 mum to 6.2 mum; Absorption; Dispersion; Photonics; Silicon; Silicon on sapphire; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
