Self-phase-modulation in submicron silicon-on-insulator photonic wires

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5524-5534

  Dulkeith, Eric ^a   Vlasov, Yurii A ^a   Chen, Xiaogang ^b   Panoiu, Nicolae C ^b   Osgood Jr , Richard M ^b  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE SHIFT; PHOTONS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WIRE;

MODE CONFINEMENT; NANOPHOTONIC DEVICES; SPECTRAL BROADENING; SPECTRAL SHIFT;

PHASE MODULATION;

EID: 33745161443     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.005524     Document Type: Article

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