Polarization rotation in silicon waveguides: Analytical modeling and applications

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 423-435

  Rukhlenko, Ivan D ^a   Garanovich, Ivan L ^b   Premaratne, Malin ^a   Sukhorukov, Andrey A ^b   Agrawal, Govind P ^c   Kivshar, Yuri S ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kerr effect; Nonlinear integrated optics; Nonlinear optical effects in silicon; Silicon nanophotonics; Waveguide devices

Indexed keywords

KERR EFFECT; KERR EFFECTS; NONLINEAR INTEGRATED OPTICS; NONLINEAR OPTICAL EFFECTS; WAVEGUIDE DEVICE; WAVEGUIDE DEVICES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NANOPHOTONICS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTIMIZATION; PHASE MODULATION; PHOTONICS; POLARIZATION; PUMPS; ROTATION; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

EID: 77958007593     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2010.2049349     Document Type: Article

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