Title :
Amorphous silicon for efficient chip-based nonlinear photonic devices
Author :
Ke-Yao Wang ; Foster, Amy C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
Highly nonlinear CMOS-compatible hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) waveguides are studied for broad bandwidth and low-power parametric processing. Utilizing its favorable nonlinear properties, optical parametric amplification and oscillation are demonstrated.
Keywords :
amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; hydrogen; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical waveguides; silicon; Si:H; broad bandwidth; chip-based nonlinear photonic devices; highly nonlinear CMOS-compatible hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides; low-power parametric processing; optical parametric amplification; optical parametric oscillation; Gain; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pumping; Oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
