Title :
Phase-resolved soliton dynamics in silicon photonic crystals
Author :
Husko, C. ; Eades, D. ; Blanco-Redondo, Andrea ; Zhang, Ye ; Li, Jie ; Krauss, T. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We report the first phase-resolved measurements of nonlinear pulse propagation in silicon photonic devices. These demonstrations indicate soliton-like behavior, despite the presence of two-photon absorption (TPA) and free-carriers impacting the dynamics at 1.55 μm.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; light propagation; optical solitons; photoexcitation; photonic crystals; silicon; two-photon processes; Si; free-carriers; nonlinear pulse propagation; phase-resolved measurement; phase-resolved soliton dynamics; silicon photonic crystals; silicon photonic devices; soliton-like behavior; two-photon absorption; wavelength 1.55 mum; Nonlinear optics; Optical solitons; Photonic crystals; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor device measurement; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
