Frequency conversion of mid-infrared optical signals into the telecom band using nonlinear silicon nanophotonic wires

2011 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OFC/NFOEC 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kuyken, B ^a   Liu, X ^b   Osgood, R M ^b   Vlasov, Y A ^c   Roelkens, G ^a   Baets, R ^a   Green, W M J ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHER ORDER; MIDINFRARED; OPTICAL SIGNALS; TELECOM BANDS; WAVEGUIDE DISPERSIONS;

ENGINEERS; FIBERS; NANOPHOTONICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; WIRE;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION;

EID: 79960014808     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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