Title :
Coherent supercontinuum from a silicon nitride waveguide
Author :
Johnson, Adrea R. ; Mayer, Aline S. ; Klenner, Alexander ; Luke, Kevin ; Lamb, E.S. ; Lamont, Michael R. E. ; Okawachi, Yoshitomo ; Wise, Frank W. ; Lipson, Michal ; Keller, Ursula ; Gaeta, Alexander L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Appl. & Eng. Phys., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We show experimentally and theoretically that the coherence of a two-octave-spanning supercontinuum generated in a silicon nitride waveguide via 1-μm-pumping with ~100-fs pulses is fully coherent over most of its bandwidth.
Keywords :
integrated optics; light coherence; optical pumping; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; supercontinuum generation; SiN; coherence; silicon nitride waveguide; two-octave-spanning supercontinuum generation; Coherence; Interference; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Optimized production technology; Silicon nitride; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
