• DocumentCode
    2928260
  • Title

    Supercontinuum generation in silicon photonic wires

  • Author

    Hsieh, I-Wei ; Chen, Xiaogang ; Liu, Xiaoping ; Dadap, Jerry I. ; Panoiu, Nicolae C. ; Chou, Cheng-Yun ; Xia, Fengnian ; Green, William M. ; Vlasov, Yurii A. ; Osgood, Richard M., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    Microelectron. Sci. Labs., Columbia Univ., New York, NY
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    14-16 Jan. 2008
  • Firstpage
    39
  • Lastpage
    40
  • Abstract
    We observe spectral broadening of more than 350 nm upon propagation of ultrashort pulses in a 4.7-mm-long silicon-photonic-wire waveguide. The output spectral characteristics are shown to be consistent, in part, with higher-order soliton radiative effects.
  • Keywords
    optical solitons; optical waveguides; quantum wires; silicon; supercontinuum generation; Si; higher-order soliton radiative effects; silicon-photonic-wire waveguide; size 4.7 mm; supercontinuum generation; Fiber lasers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical filters; Optical solitons; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Supercontinuum generation; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE/LEOS Winter Topical Meeting Series, 2008
  • Conference_Location
    Sorrento
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1594-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1595-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSWT.2008.4444388
  • Filename
    4444388