Frequency conversion over two-thirds of an octave in silicon nanowaveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1904-1908

  Turner Foster, Amy C ^a   Foster, Mark A ^a   Salem, Reza ^a   Gaeta, Alexander L ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

CONTINUOUS WAVES; FREQUENCY CONVERSIONS; LOW POWER; NANOWAVEGUIDES; PUMP WAVELENGTH; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 76149130726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001904     Document Type: Article

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