• DocumentCode
    2235442
  • Title

    Time lens for ultrafast signal measurements based on four-wave mixing in silicon

  • Author

    Salem, R. ; Foster, Mark A. ; Geraghty, D.F. ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Turner, Amy C. ; Lipson, Michal

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a novel time lens based on four-wave mixing in a silicon nanowaveguide. The lens is used for 20times temporal magnification of a signal with 3-ps features, which permits measurement by a 20-GHz detector.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; lenses; multiwave mixing; nanotechnology; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; four-wave mixing; frequency 20 GHz; magnification; silicon nanowaveguide; time 3 ps; time lens; ultrafast signal measurements; Chirp; Four-wave mixing; Lenses; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Signal processing; Silicon; Time measurement; (190.4180) Nonlinear optics, devices; (190.5970) Semiconductor nonlinear optics; (190.7110) Waveguides (230.7370); (250.4745) Optical processing devices; (320.7100) Ultrafast measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571426