DocumentCode
2241738
Title
Forming a nonlinear grating in Silicon nanowire waveguides using the intrinsic anisotropic Kerr nonlinearity of Silicon
Author
Driscoll, Jeffrey B. ; Grote, Richard R. ; Liu, Xiaoping ; Dadap, Jerry I. ; Panoiu, Nicolae C. ; Osgood, Richard M., Jr.
Author_Institution
Microelectron. Sci. Labs., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We present a numerical analysis demonstrating that the anisotropy of the Kerr effect in Silicon can be used to form a nonlinear grating in Silicon waveguides with uniform cross-section.
Keywords
anisotropic media; diffraction gratings; elemental semiconductors; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical Kerr effect; optical waveguides; silicon; Kerr effect anisotropy; Si; intrinsic anisotropic Kerr nonlinearity; nanowire waveguide; nonlinear grating; Crystals; Gratings; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5950680
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