Title :
Interplay of nonlinear dynamics in silicon photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
Husko, C. ; Blanco-Redondo, Andrea ; Eades, D. ; Li, Jie ; Krauss, T. ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Ultrahigh bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS), Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
We report time-domain measurements of nonlinear dynamics of picosecond pulses in silicon. The dispersion-engineered photonic crystal enables our systematic investigation of dynamic interplay between dispersion, free-carriers, and χ(3) effects for a broad parameter range.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; optical Kerr effect; optical dispersion; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; silicon; χ(3) effects; Si; broad parameter range; dispersion-engineered photonic crystal; free carriers; nonlinear dynamics; silicon photonic crystal waveguides; time-domain measurements; Dispersion; Educational institutions; Nonlinear optical devices; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
