Title :
Optical solitons in Si-nc sandwiched optical slot waveguides
Author :
De Leonardis, Francesco ; Passaro, Vittorio M N
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ing. dell´´Ambiente e per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile, Politec. di Bari, Taranto, Italy
Abstract :
We propose, for the first time to our knowledge, the theoretical investigation of optical soliton excitation inside very short silicon nanocrystal based sandwiched slot waveguides, only 1.6 mm long. Several parametric simulations have been carried out by means of finite element method in order to select the best waveguide cross section for anomalous-dispersion regime around 1550 nm.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; finite element analysis; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; optical dispersion; optical solitons; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; anomalous-dispersion; finite element method; optical soliton excitation; parametric simulations; sandwiched optical slot waveguides; short silicon nanocrystal; size 1.6 mm; waveguide cross section; Dispersion; Optical solitons; Optical waveguide theory; Photonics; Silicon; Non linear effects; Optical solitons; Silicon nanocrystals; Slot waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2011 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-876-1
Electronic_ISBN :
2158-3234
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2011.6041119
