Nonlinear properties of and nonlinear processing in hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 26, 2011, Pages

  Kuyken, B ^a   Ji, H ^b   Clemmen, S ^c,d   Selvaraja, S K ^a   Hu, H ^b   Pu, M ^b   Galili, M ^b   Jeppesen, P ^b   Morthier, G ^a   Massar, S ^c   Oxenlowe L K ^b   Roelkens, G ^a   Baets, R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FOUR WAVE MIXING; HYDROGENATION; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; WAVEGUIDES;

NON-LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; NON-LINEAR PARAMETERS; NONLINEAR PROCESSING; NONLINEAR PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEFORM; PHOTONIC NANOWIRES; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 83455173654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.00B146     Document Type: Article

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