• DocumentCode
    733304
  • Title

    Silicon-on-sapphire nanowire for mid-IR supercontinuum generation

  • Author

    Singh, Neetesh ; Hudson, Darren D. ; Yi Yu ; Grillet, Christian ; Read, Andrew ; Atanackovic, Petar ; Duval, Steven G. ; Madden, Stephen ; Moss, David J. ; Luther-Davies, Barry ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an octave spanning, 1.9-6.2 μm supercontinuum generation in a low loss silicon on a sapphire (SOS) nanowire. This establishes SOS as a promising new platform for integrated nonlinear photonics in the mid-IR.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; infrared spectra; integrated optics; nanophotonics; nanowires; sapphire; silicon; supercontinuum generation; Si-Al2O3; integrated nonlinear photonics; low loss silicon-on-sapphire nanowire; mid-IR supercontinuum generation; wavelength 1.9 mum to 6.2 mum; Absorption; Dispersion; Photonics; Silicon; Silicon on sapphire; Supercontinuum generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183741
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733304