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
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