• DocumentCode
    520979
  • Title

    Large enhancement of wavelength conversion in silicon nanowaveguides via free-carrier removal

  • Author

    Turner-Foster, Amy C. ; Foster, Mark A. ; Gaeta, Alexander L. ; Lipson, Michal

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an increase of nearly 10 dB in the efficiency of broadband wavelength conversion via four-wave mixing in silicon nanowaveguides by incorporating a p-i-n structure and applying modest voltages to remove the free carriers.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Integrated optics; Nanoscale devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; PIN photodiodes; Propagation losses; Silicon;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500583
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=520979