Title :
Energy Harvesting in Silicon Photonic Devices
Author :
Jalali, Bahram ; Fathpour, Sasan ; Tsia, Kevin K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
Loss of light to two-photon absorption is the central problem in silicon nonlinear-optical devices. Fortunately, the lost energy can be harvested into useful electrical power
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; nonlinear optics; optical losses; optical waveguides; semiconductor devices; silicon; two-photon processes; Si; electrical power; energy harvesting; light loss; silicon nonlinear-optical devices; silicon photonic devices; two-photon absorption; waveguide; Gain; Optical amplifiers; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Power dissipation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279160
