DocumentCode
2873120
Title
Cross-phase modulation in silicon photonic wire waveguides
Author
Hsieh, L.W. ; Chen, X.-G. ; Dadap, J.I. ; Panoiu, N.C. ; Osgood, R.M., Jr. ; McNab, S.J. ; Vlasov, Y.A.
Author_Institution
Microelectron. Sci. Labs., Columbia Univ., New York, NY
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate strong cross-phase modulation in Si photonic wire waveguides using picosecond pulses. We present an all-optical scheme for control of optical pulses, utilizing the tight optical confinement of wire waveguides to enhance the nonlinearity.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; optical control; optical waveguides; self-phase modulation; silicon; Si; cross-phase modulation; nonlinearity enhancement; optical confinement; optical pulse control; picosecond pulses; self-phase modulation; silicon photonic wire waveguides; Optical modulation; Silicon; Wire; (060.5060) Fiber Optics and Optical Communications, Phase Modulation; (130.4310) Integrated Optics, Nonlinear; (230.7370) waveguides;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628354
Filename
4628354
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