DocumentCode
1772030
Title
Terahertz absorption saturation in intrinsic silicon dielectric ridge waveguides
Author
Shanshan Li ; Kumar, Girish ; Murphy, Thomas E.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Res. in Electron. & Appl. Phys., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
fYear
2014
fDate
8-13 June 2014
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We measure the transmission of terahertz pulses through an intrinsic silicon waveguide, and observe a decrease in absorption at higher terahertz fields. The effect is enhanced when photocarriers are introduced by top-illuminating the waveguide.
Keywords
elemental semiconductors; optical saturable absorption; ridge waveguides; silicon; terahertz wave generation; Si; intrinsic silicon dielectric ridge waveguides; photocarriers; terahertz absorption saturation; terahertz fields; terahertz pulse transmission; top illumination; Absorption; Dielectric measurement; Dielectrics; Optical waveguides; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor waveguides; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Type
conf
Filename
6989733
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