• DocumentCode
    2062912
  • Title

    Slow light enhanced third-harmonic generation in silicon photonic crystal waveguides

  • Author

    Monat, C. ; Corcorran, B. ; Grillet, C. ; Moss, D.J. ; Eggleton, B.J. ; White, T.P. ; Faolain, L.O. ; Krauss, T.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report visible (green) third-harmonic generation in silicon by launching near-infrared picosecond pulses into highly confined photonic crystal waveguides. We demonstrate slow light enhancement of this nonlinear process.
  • Keywords
    nonlinear optics; optical harmonic generation; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; near-infrared picosecond pulses; nonlinear optics; photonic crystal waveguides; slow light enhancement; third-harmonic generation; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical scattering; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Silicon; Slow light;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Brussels
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2227-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2228-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729568
  • Filename
    4729568