Wavelength dependence of the ultrafast third-order nonlinearity of silicon

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007, CLEO 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Foster, Mark A ^a   Gaeta, Alexander L ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; BULK SILICON; NONLINEAR INDEX; THIRD-ORDER NON-LINEARITY; TWO-PHOTON ABSORPTIONS; ULTRA-FAST; WAVELENGTH DEPENDENCE;

ENERGY GAP; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 82955202643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453117     Document Type: Conference Paper

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