• DocumentCode
    1659738
  • Title

    Dispersion and anisotropy of Si´s third-order nonlinearity from 1.2 to 2.4 μm

  • Author

    Zhang, Jidong ; Lin, Qiang ; Agrawal, Govind P. ; Fauchet, Philippe M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present the first detailed characterization, to the best of our knowledge, of wavelength and polarization dependence of two-photon absorption and the Kerr nonlinearity in silicon over a spectral range extending from 1.2 to 2.4 mum.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; infrared spectra; integrated optics; light polarisation; optical Kerr effect; optical dispersion; silicon; two-photon spectra; Kerr nonlinearity; Si; Si anisotropy; Si dispersion; polarization dependence; third-order nonlinearity; two-photon absorption; wavelength 1.2 mum to 2.4 mum; wavelength dependence; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Geometrical optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical polarization; Optical pulse shaping; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Pulse measurements; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2007 4th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0934-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2007.4347692
  • Filename
    4347692