Title :
Ultrafast pulse characterization by cross-phase modulation in silicon waveguide
Author :
Tien, En-Kuang ; Sang, Xing-Zhu ; Qing, Feng ; Song, Qi ; Boyraz, Ozdal
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Irvine, CA
Abstract :
Based on the high nonlinearity of silicon waveguides, a compact frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) system has been demonstrated using cross-phase modulation for ultrafast pulse characterization. Amplitude and phase of a 700 fs pulse have been measured.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; optical modulation; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; cross-phase modulation; frequency-resolved optical gating system; silicon waveguide; time 700 fs; ultrafast pulse characterization; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Phase measurement; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Silicon; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688612
