Characterization of efficient wavelength conversion by four-wave mixing in sub-micron silicon waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 16735-16745

  Mathlouthi, Walid ^a   Rong, Haisheng ^a   Paniccia, Mario ^a  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; FOUR WAVE MIXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SILICON; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; WAVEGUIDES;

CHANNEL CROSSTALK; FREE CARRIER ABSORPTION; NONLINEAR INDEX COEFFICIENT; RIB WAVEGUIDES; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION; WAVELENGTH CONVERTER;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

GLASS FIBER; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL FIBERS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON;

EID: 54249112289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.016735     Document Type: Article

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