Title :
Supercontinuum generation in hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides in the femtosecond regime
Author :
Gorza, S.-P. ; Leo, F. ; Kuyken, Bart ; Selvaraja, Shankar Kumar ; Roelkens, Gunther ; Baets, Roel ; Emplit, P. ; Massar, S. ; Safioui, J.
Author_Institution :
Service OPERA, Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract :
Supercontinuum generation in CMOS compatible hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides with femtosecond pulses at telecommunication wavelengths is experimentally studied. It is shown that stable 540 nm broad supercontinua can be obtained in 1 cm-long waveguides.
Keywords :
amorphous semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; hydrogenation; optical waveguides; silicon; supercontinuum generation; CMOS compatibility; Si; femtosecond pulses; hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides; size 1 cm; supercontinuum generation; wavelength 540 nm; Communications technology; Degradation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Supercontinuum generation; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
