• DocumentCode
    447944
  • Title

    Dimensional scaling of nonlinear optical absorption in silicon waveguides

  • Author

    Dimitropoulos, D. ; Jhaveri, R. ; Claps, R. ; Raghunathan, V. ; Woo, J.C.S. ; Jalali, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    27-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    366
  • Lastpage
    368
  • Abstract
    A model describing dimensional scaling of carrier lifetime and hence nonlinear optical absorption is presented. It is shown that nonlinear absorption, at a given optical intensity, can be mitigated with proper design of waveguide dimensions
  • Keywords
    electron-hole recombination; integrated optics; optical losses; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; SOI waveguide; Si-SiO2; carrier lifetime; dimensional scaling; nonlinear optical absorption; optical intensity; silicon waveguide; waveguide dimension; Absorption; Charge carrier density; Charge carrier lifetime; Integrated optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical losses; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.201781
  • Filename
    1572847
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=447944