Optical switching using nonlinear polarization rotation inside silicon waveguides

Optics Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 476-478

  Yin, Lianghong ^a   Zhang, Jidong ^b,c   Fauchet, Philippe M ^a,b   Agrawal, Govind P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b University of Rochester   (United States)

^c EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHASE MODULATION; POLARIZATION; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; WAVEGUIDES;

APPROXIMATE ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CROSS PHASE MODULATION; FREE-CARRIER EFFECTS; NONLINEAR POLARIZATION ROTATION; REASONABLE ACCURACY; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; SWITCHING PROCESS; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 60249100523     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.34.000476     Document Type: Article

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