• DocumentCode
    1772497
  • Title

    Optical nonlinearities in high confinement SiC waveguides

  • Author

    Cardenas, Jamie ; Yu Mengjie ; Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Poitras, Carl B. ; Lau, Ryan K. W. ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Lipson, Michal

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate strong nonlinearities of n2 = 8 × 10-15 cm2 W-1 in single crystal silicon carbide at a wavelength of 2360nm. We use a high confinement SiC waveguide fabricated using a modified smart-cut process.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; refractive index; silicon compounds; SiC; high confinement waveguides; modified smart-cut process; optical nonlinearities; single crystal silicon carbide; wavelength 2360 nm; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Silicon carbide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6990122