Quasi-phase-matched cavity-enhanced raman converter based on a silicon nanowire ring

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 1796-1798

  Vermeulen, Nathalie ^a   Sipe, J E ^b   Thienpont, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frequency conversion; quasi phase matching; Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION ENGINEERING; FREQUENCY CONVERSIONS; LOW LOSS; LOW PROPAGATION LOSS; PUMP POWER; QUASI PHASE MATCHING; QUASI-PHASE-MATCHED; RAMAN CONVERTER; RAMAN GAIN; SILICON NANOWIRES; SILICON ON INSULATOR; SILICON RING; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; TRANSVERSE-ELECTRIC POLARIZATIONS; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC LOSSES; ELECTRIC WIRE; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PUMPS; RAMAN SCATTERING;

PHASE MATCHING;

EID: 78649420590     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2086051     Document Type: Article

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