Title :
Generation of second and third order optical dispersion using nonlinearly chirped silicon waveguide gratings
Author :
Chen, G.F.R. ; Wang, Tao ; Donnelly, C. ; Tan, Dawn T. H.
Author_Institution :
Pillar of Eng. Product Dev., Singapore Univ. of Technol. & Design, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
The simultaneous generation of second and third order dispersion is demonstrated using nonlinearly chirped silicon waveguide gratings. Second order dispersion of -2.3×106 ps/nm/km and third order dispersion of 1.2×105 ps/nm2/km were demonstrated at 1.55μm.
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; nonlinear optics; optical dispersion; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; nonlinearly chirped silicon waveguide gratings; second order optical dispersion; third order optical dispersion; wavelength 1.55 mum; Chirp; Delays; Dispersion; Finite element analysis; Gratings; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
