Title :
Mid-infrared to telecom-band stable supercontinuum generation in hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides
Author :
Uvin, S. ; Dave, Utsav ; Kuyken, Bart ; Selvaraja, Shankar ; Leo, F. ; Roelkens, Gunther
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
We demonstrate the generation of a stable supercontinuum in a 1-cm-long hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguide by pumping the wire with 1950 nm picosecond pulses in the anomalous dispersion regime. The supercontinuum extends from 1460 to 2485 nm for a coupled peak power of 28.1 W.
Keywords :
amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; hydrogen; optical dispersion; optical pumping; optical waveguides; silicon; supercontinuum generation; Si:H; anomalous dispersion; hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides; mid-infrared stable supercontinuum generation; picosecond pulses; power 28.1 W; pumping; size 1 cm; telecom-band stable supercontinuum generation; wavelength 1460 nm to 2485 nm; wavelength 1950 nm; Amorphous silicon; Laser excitation; Optical waveguides; Supercontinuum generation; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656596
