Title :
Unifying Brillouin scattering and cavity optomechanics in silicon photonic wires
Author :
Van Laer, Raphael ; Kuyken, Bart ; Baets, Roel ; Van Thourhout, Dries
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
We prove a connection between the Brillouin gain and the zero-point optomechanical coupling rate. Moreover, we report on observations of Brillouin scattering in silicon photonic nanowires - showing efficient coupling between near-infrared light and gigahertz sound.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; nanophotonics; nanowires; silicon; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin gain; Brillouin scattering; Si; cavity optomechanics; gigahertz sound; near-infrared light; silicon photonic nanowires; zero-point optomechanical coupling rate; Brillouin scattering; Cavity resonators; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
