Title :
Visible-to-near-infrared octave spanning supercontinuum generation in a partially underetched silicon nitride waveguide
Author :
Haolan Zhao ; Kuyken, Bart ; Leo, Francois ; Clemmen, Stephane ; Brainis, Edouard ; Roelkens, Gunther ; Baets, Roel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
The generation of an octave spanning supercontinuum covering most of the visible spectrum is demonstrated for the first time in a Si3N4 waveguide. This result is achieved by dispersion engineering through partially underetching a waveguide.
Keywords :
infrared spectra; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; supercontinuum generation; visible spectra; Si3N4; dispersion engineering; partially underetched silicon nitride waveguide; visible spectrum; visible-to-near-infrared octave spanning supercontinuum generation; Dispersion; Optical device fabrication; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Silicon nitride; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
