Title :
Femtosecond pulse propagation in silicon photonic wires
Author :
Chen, Xiaogang ; Panoiu, Nicolae C. ; Hsieh, Iwei ; Dadap, Jerry, Jr. ; Osgood, Richard M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY
Abstract :
We present the first full theoretical study of femtosecond pulse propagation in silicon wires. Dispersion effects up to the third order, Kerr nonlinearity, intrinsic losses, free carrier and two-photon absorption effects are included.
Keywords :
elemental semiconductors; high-speed optical techniques; nanophotonics; nanowires; optical Kerr effect; optical dispersion; optical losses; optical waveguides; silicon; two-photon processes; Si; dispersion effects; femtosecond pulse propagation; free carrier; intrinsic losses; silicon photonic nanowire waveguide; third order Kerr nonlinearity; two-photon absorption effects; Absorption; Dispersion; Geometry; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse modulation; Silicon; Ultrafast optics; Wires; (190.4390) Nonlinear optics, integrated optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628292
