Optical sum-frequency generation and Ferroelectric-like switching in Si-O polar structures

Author

Shieh, JiaMin ; Yu, WenChien ; Huang, Jung Y. ; Wang, YiChao ; Chen, ChingWei ; Wang, ChaoKei ; Kuo, HaoChung ; Dai, BauTong ; Pan, CiLing

Author_Institution

Nat. Nano Device Labs., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Optical sum-frequency generation and ferroelectric-like switching in Si-O polar structures comprised of Si nanocrystals (nc-Si) in mesoporous silica was reported and attributed to polar layers lying at the interfaces between one-side bounded nc-Si and host.

Keywords

mesoporous materials; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical frequency conversion; optical switches; silicon compounds; Si; SiO₂; ferroelectric-like switching; mesoporous silica; nanocrystals; optical nonlinear materials; optical sum-frequency generation; polar structures; Bonding; Ferroelectric films; Ferroelectric materials; Mesoporous materials; Nanostructured materials; Nonlinear optics; Nonvolatile memory; Optical films; Optical polarization; Pulse measurements; (190.5970) Semiconductor nonlinear optics including MQW; (230.5590) Quantum-well, -wire and -dot devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225564