Title :
Ultrafast phase-resolved self-acceleration and frequency-chirp in silicon chip-scale slow-light solitons
Author :
Zhou, Huimin ; Li, Xin ; Huang, S.-W. ; McMillan, J.F. ; Yu, Min-Chieh ; Kwong, D.-L. ; Wong, C.W.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Nanostruct. Lab., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the first soliton self-accelerations and frequency-shifts induced by Drude free-carrier dispersion in 1.5-mm silicon photonic crystals. Picojoule soliton center-of-mass advancement of 2-ps (about one FWHM) and wavelength blue-shift of 0.8-nm are observed via XFROG.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optoelectronics; optical correlation; optical dispersion; optical solitons; photonic crystals; silicon; slow light; spectral line shift; Drude free-carrier dispersion; FWHM; Si; XFROG; cross-correlation frequency resolved optical gating; frequency-chirp; frequency-shifts; picojoule soliton center-of-mass; silicon chip-scale slow-light solitons; silicon photonic crystals; size 1.5 mm; ultrafast phase-resolved self-acceleration; wavelength blue-shift;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
