DocumentCode
161598
Title
Silicon germanium platform enabling mid-infrared to near-infrared conversion for telecom and sensing applications
Author
Adonis, Bogris ; Kapsalis, Alexandros ; Hammani, Kamal ; Ettabib, Mohamed A. ; Brun, Marcel ; Labeye, P. ; Nicoletti, S. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Syvridis, Dimitris
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf., Technol. Educ. Inst. of Athens, Athens, Greece
fYear
2014
fDate
21-25 Sept. 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
This paper presents the potential of silicon germanium waveguides in the nonlinear conversion of light from mid-infdrared wavelengths to the telecom band utilizing four-wave mixing. Design aspects and first characterization results of fabricated devices are presented.
Keywords
germanium compounds; silicon compounds; waveguides; SiGe; four-wave mixing; midinfrared to near-infrared conversion; midinfrared wavelengths; nonlinear conversion; sensing applications; silicon germanium platform; silicon germanium waveguides; telecom applications; telecom band; Dispersion; Frequency conversion; Indexes; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Silicon germanium;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
Conference_Location
Cannes
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964166
Filename
6964166
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