• DocumentCode
    2576838
  • Title

    Nonlinearity of optimized horizontal slot waveguides

  • Author

    Hainberger, Rainer ; Muellner, Paul

  • Author_Institution
    Nano-Syst.-Technol., Austrian Res. Centers GmbH - ARC, Vienna
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    12-14 Jan. 2009
  • Firstpage
    34
  • Lastpage
    35
  • Abstract
    In this theoretical study, we show that the use of optimized horizontal silicon photonic slot waveguide structures could enable the realization of devices with a nonlinearity coefficient of more than 2 times 107 W-1 km-1.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; nonlinear optics; optical fabrication; optical materials; optical waveguides; silicon; low-refractive index material; monocrystalline silicon layer fabrication process; optical nonlinear effects; optimized horizontal silicon photonic slot waveguide; Geometry; Light scattering; Nanoscale devices; Nonlinear equations; Optical device fabrication; Particle scattering; Silicon; Thickness control; Waveguide theory; Wires; effective area; nonlinear effects; silicon photonics; slot waveguide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE/LEOS Winter Topicals Meeting Series, 2009
  • Conference_Location
    Innsbruck
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2610-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2611-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSWT.2009.4771641
  • Filename
    4771641