• DocumentCode
    3127972
  • 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
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    Oct. 2006
  • Firstpage
    382
  • Lastpage
    383
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2006.279160
  • Filename
    4054217