• DocumentCode
    546996
  • Title

    Time- and frequency-domain measurements of solitons in subwavelength silicon waveguides using cross-correlation

  • Author

    Ding, W. ; Gorbach, A.V. ; Wadsworth, W.J. ; Knight, J.C. ; Skryabin, D.V. ; Strain, M.J. ; Sorel, M. ; De La Rue, R.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Bath, Bath, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Time-domain measurements of dispersion- and nonlinearity-induced chirpings of femtosecond pulses in silicon-on-insulator nanowires reveal nonlinear dispersion compensation. Spectral measurements show pronounced dispersive wave emission by solitons.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; optical dispersion; optical solitons; optical waveguides; silicon; cross-correlation; dispersion-induced chirpings; dispersive wave emission; nonlinear dispersion compensation; nonlinearity-induced chirpings; silicon-on-insulator nanowires; soliton frequency-domain measurements; soliton time-domain measurements; spectral measurements; subwavelength waveguides; Chirp; Dispersion; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Pulse measurements; Silicon; Solitons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951305