• DocumentCode
    733307
  • Title

    Visible-to-near-infrared octave spanning supercontinuum generation in a partially underetched silicon nitride waveguide

  • Author

    Haolan Zhao ; Kuyken, Bart ; Leo, Francois ; Clemmen, Stephane ; Brainis, Edouard ; Roelkens, Gunther ; Baets, Roel

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    The generation of an octave spanning supercontinuum covering most of the visible spectrum is demonstrated for the first time in a Si3N4 waveguide. This result is achieved by dispersion engineering through partially underetching a waveguide.
  • Keywords
    infrared spectra; optical waveguides; silicon compounds; supercontinuum generation; visible spectra; Si3N4; dispersion engineering; partially underetched silicon nitride waveguide; visible spectrum; visible-to-near-infrared octave spanning supercontinuum generation; Dispersion; Optical device fabrication; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Silicon nitride; Supercontinuum generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183744