• DocumentCode
    1684379
  • Title

    Continuous-wave frequency conversion in hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides

  • Author

    Wang, Ke-Yao ; Foster, Amy C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate nonlinear frequency conversion in hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) with conversion efficiency of -13dB at telecommunication data rates. Conversion bandwidths of 150nm are measured in CW regime at telecommunication wavelengths.
  • Keywords
    amorphous semiconductors; optical frequency conversion; optical waveguides; silicon; continuous wave frequency conversion; conversion efficiency; hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides; nonlinear frequency conversion; Amorphous silicon; Communications technology; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical waveguides; Refractive index; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326826