Silicon based optical pulse shaping and characterization

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7212, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Boyraz, Ozdal ^a   Sang, Xinzhu ^a   Tien, En Kuang ^a   Song, Qi ^a   Qian, Feng ^a   Akdas, Metin ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Mode locking; Raman laser.; Silicon waveguide; Ultrafast nonlinear optics

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; CHIP-SCALE; DUAL-WAVELENGTH LASING; FROG MEASUREMENTS; FUNCTIONAL DEVICES; HIGH-INDEX CONTRASTS; LOW COSTS; MODE-LOCKING; NON-LINEAR EFFECTS; OPTICAL CONFINEMENTS; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; PULSE CHARACTERIZATIONS; PUMP POWER; RAMAN LASER.; SILICA CLADDINGS; SILICON CORES; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; SILICON-BASED; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; ULTRAFAST NONLINEAR OPTICS; ULTRAFAST PULSE; WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS;

LASER MODE LOCKING; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; PUMPING (LASER); SILICA; WAVEGUIDES;

NONMETALS;

EID: 65349092344     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.810858     Document Type: Conference Paper

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