Title :
Recent advancements of strained silicon as an optically nonlinear material
Author :
Puckett, Matthew W. ; Smalley, Joseph S. T. ; Abashin, Maxim ; Grieco, Alfredo ; Fainman, Yeshaiahu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present several improvements to the understanding of strained silicon´s second-order optical nonlinearity. In addition to incorporating the material into electro-optic modulators and wave-mixers, we analyze the nature of the optical nonlinearity on the nanoscale.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; elemental semiconductors; nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; silicon; Si; electro-optic modulators; nanoscale; optically nonlinear material; second-order optical nonlinearity; strained silicon; wave-mixers; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
