Title :
Wavelength conversion by interband transition in a nested photonic crystal cavity
Author :
Khorshidahmad, Amin ; Kirk, Andrew G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
Wavelength conversion over 90 nm around 1550 nm is demonstrated numerically through intermodal transition by uniformly tuning a proposed nested photonic crystal cavity. Discontinuity of the initial state and modal symmetry suppresses the adiabatic and multiple transitions.
Keywords :
optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; photonic crystals; adiabatic transition; intermodal transition; modal symmetry suppression; multiple transition; nested photonic crystal cavity; uniform tuning; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength conversion; Mirrors; Optical resonators; Optical ring resonators; Optical tuning; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonic crystals; Plasma properties; Refractive index; Resonance; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343483
