Title :
Second-order susceptibility χ(2) in Si waveguides
Author :
Bianco, F. ; Borga, E. ; Yeremian, A. ; Dierre, B. ; Fedus, K. ; Bettotti, P. ; Pitanti, A. ; Pierobon, R. ; Ghulinyan, M. ; Pucker, G. ; Cazzanelli, M. ; Pavesi, L.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Fis., Univ. di Trento, Povo, Italy
Abstract :
Tensile strained-silicon waveguides were produced by LPCVD (780°C) by depositing a 150 nm-thick Si3N4 overlayer. Nonlinear nanosecond and femtosecond transmission experiments indicated the presence of a significant χ(2) in the bulk silicon.
Keywords :
CVD coatings; nonlinear optical susceptibility; optical waveguides; silicon; silicon compounds; LPCVD; Si; Si3N4; nonlinear femtosecond transmission; nonlinear nanosecond transmission; second order susceptibility; tensile strained silicon waveguide; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2011 8th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8338-9
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2011.6053704