Title :
Energy-efficient coherent supercontinuum generation in silicon
Author :
DeVore, P.T.S. ; Solli, D.R. ; Ropers, C. ; Koonath, P. ; Jalali, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Stimulated supercontinuum generation via coherent seeding is numerically demonstrated to produce continua of broader bandwidth and higher coherence than the conventional unseeded case. Implications for energy efficient generation of WDM channels are discussed.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; light coherence; optical Kerr effect; silicon; supercontinuum generation; wavelength division multiplexing; Si; WDM channels; broader bandwidth continua; coherent seeding; energy-efficient coherent supercontinuum generation; stimulated supercontinuum generation; Coherence; Energy efficiency; Optical fibers; Optimized production technology; Silicon; Supercontinuum generation;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2012 IEEE 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0826-8
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2012.6324128
