• DocumentCode
    689439
  • Title

    Two-photon induced tuning of an ultracompact SOI Fabry-Pérot resonator via the thermo-optic effect

  • Author

    Sederberg, Shawn ; Elezzabi, A.Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally investigate the nonlinear response of an ultracompact silicon-on-insulator Fabry-Pérot resonator. Two-photon absorption, free-carrier absorption, and the thermo-optic effect act to red-shift the device resonance by 7.57nm and attenuate its amplitude by 66%.
  • Keywords
    Fabry-Perot resonators; nonlinear optics; optical resonators; optical tuning; red shift; silicon-on-insulator; thermo-optical effects; two-photon processes; Si; free-carrier absorption; nonlinear response; red shift; thermo-optic effect; two-photon absorption; two-photon induced tuning; ultracompact SOI Fabry-Perot resonator; ultracompact silicon-on-insulator Fabry-Perot resonator; Absorption; Nonlinear optics; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Silicon-on-insulator; Thermooptic effects; Ultrafast optics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833823