Title :
Noise and fluctuations in silicon photonics caused by free carrier and two-photon absorption
Author :
Dimitropoulos, Dimitris ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Non-linear optical losses result from convergence of wafer scale economics and information theory in silicon nanophotonics. We discuss new sources of noise and fluctuations that arise from two-photon and free carrier plasma effects.
Keywords :
carrier lifetime; fluctuations; nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; optical losses; optical noise; silicon; two-photon processes; Si; fluctuations; free carrier plasma effects; information theory; noise sources; nonlinear optical losses; silicon nanophotonics; two-photon absorption; wafer scale economics; Fluctuations; Noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical losses; Optical noise; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
