Title :
Optical nonlinearity in silicon at mid-infrared wavelengths
Author :
Ting Wang ; Venkatram, Nalla ; Chen, Gang ; Wei Ji ; Tan, Dawn T. H.
Author_Institution :
Eng. Product Dev., Singapore Univ. of Technol. & Design, Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
We report the wavelength dependency of third-order nonlinearity and multi-photon absorption of silicon in the spectral range from 1.6 μm to 6 μm, including the nonlinear figure of merit.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; infrared spectra; multiphoton spectra; nonlinear optics; silicon; Si; mid-infrared wavelengths; multiphoton absorption; nonlinear figure-of-merit; optical nonlinearity; spectral range; third-order nonlinearity; wavelength 1.6 mum to 6 mum; wavelength dependency; Absorption; Dispersion; Educational institutions; Nonlinear optics; Optical signal processing; Silicon; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
