Title :
Efficient self-phase modulation in submicron silicon-on-insulator waveguides
Author :
Dulkeith, E. ; Xia, F. ; Vlasov, Yu.A. ; Chen, X. ; Panoiu, N.C. ; Osgood, R.
Author_Institution :
IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
Abstract :
We investigate experimentally and theoretically self-phase modulation and group velocity dispersion induced spectral broadening of picosecond pulses in silicon wires. Already for very low peak powers the limit for dense wavelength demultiplexing is reached.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; self-phase modulation; silicon-on-insulator; dense wavelength demultiplexing; group velocity dispersion; picosecond pulses; self phase modulation; silicon wires; spectral broadening; submicron silicon on insulator waveguides; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Scanning probe microscopy; Silicon on insulator technology; (190.4390) Nonlinear optics, integrated optics; (230.7370) Waveguides;
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.2006.4629089
