15-THz tunable wavelength conversion of picosecond pulses in a silicon waveguide

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 1409-1411

  Pu, Minhao ^a   Hu, Hao ^a   Galili, Michael ^a   Ji, Hua ^a   Peucheret, Christophe ^a   Oxenlowe, Leif K ^a   Yvind, Kresten ^a   Jeppesen, Palle ^a   Hvam, Jrn M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

All optical wavelength conversion (AOWC); four wave mixing (FWM); integrated optics; nonlinear optics; silicon waveguide

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL; ALL-OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; CENTER WAVELENGTH; INPUT PULSE; PICO-SECOND PULSE; PULSE SHAPES; PULSEWIDTHS; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; TUNABLE WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; TUNING RANGES; ULTRA-BROADBAND;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INTEGRATED OPTICS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; TERAHERTZ WAVES; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVEGUIDES;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 80052905512     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2162059     Document Type: Article

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