Title :
Reversed self-steepening in nonlinear pulse propagation along a silicon nano-crystal slot waveguide with engineered dispersion of nonlinearity
Author :
Lin Zhang ; Zhaohong Han ; Pearson, Brian ; Wei Yu ; Yan Cai ; Agarwal, Abhishek ; Kimerling, Lionel ; Michel, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Sci. & Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
We show that the dispersion of nonlinearity can be engineered in silicon slot waveguides over a wide wavelength range. A hardly observable nonlinear effect - reversed self-steepening now becomes possible on a chip.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; light propagation; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; nonlinear optics; optical dispersion; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; engineered dispersion nonlinearity; nonlinear pulse propagation; reversed self-steepening; silicon nanocrystal slot waveguide; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Photonics; Silicon; Integrated optics; dispersion; nonlinearity; silicon photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5803-3
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2013.6644424
