DocumentCode
444046
Title
Nonlinear absorption and dispersion in fiber coupled silicon photonic crystal microresonators
Author
Barclay, Paul E. ; Srinivasan, Kartik ; Painter, Oskar
Author_Institution
Thomas J. Watson Lab. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Volume
1
fYear
2005
fDate
22-27 May 2005
Firstpage
74
Abstract
Two-photon absorption, free-carrier absorption and dispersion, and thermo-optic dispersion in high-Q, ultra-small mode volume, photonic crystal cavities are studied experimentally. Sub-nanosecond free-carrier lifetimes, and optical bistability at ∼ 100μW cavity input power are observed.
Keywords
carrier lifetime; microcavities; optical bistability; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre dispersion; optical resonators; photonic crystals; silicon; thermo-optical effects; two-photon processes; Si; fiber coupled silicon photonic crystal; free-carrier absorption; free-carrier lifetime; microresonators; nonlinear absorption; optical bistability; photonic crystal cavities; thermo-optic dispersion; two-photon absorption; Absorption; Couplings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Microcavities; Optical bistability; Optical ring resonators; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Silicon;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN
1-55752-796-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/QELS.2005.1548679
Filename
1548679
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