• DocumentCode
    690042
  • Title

    Non-instantaneous optical nonlinearities in a-Si:H nanowire waveguides

  • Author

    Pagaan, Vincent R. ; Wathen, Jeremiah J. ; Ke-Yao Wang ; Foster, Amy C. ; Murphy, Thomas E.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. for Phys. Sci., College Park, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report measurements of the non-instantaneous nonlinear response of hydro-genated amorphous silicon nanowire waveguides at telecommunications wavelengths. We compare the results to those obtained with similar crystalline silicon nanowires.
  • Keywords
    amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; hydrogen; nanowires; nonlinear optics; optical waveguides; silicon; Si:H; hydrogenated amorphous silicon nanowire waveguides; noninstantaneous optical nonlinearities; telecommunications wavelengths; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical pumping; Optical variables measurement; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6834434