Low-power inelastic light scattering at small detunings in silicon wire waveguides at telecom wavelengths

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1977-1982

  Clemmen, Stéphane ^a,d   Perret, Antony ^b   Safioui, Jassem ^a   Bogaerts, Wim ^c   Baets, Roel ^c   Gorza, Simon Pierre ^a   Emplit, Philippe ^a   Massar, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPHOTONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

DETUNINGS; FREQUENCY DETUNING; INELASTIC LIGHT SCATTERING; LOW POWER; LOW-INTENSITY; NANOPHOTONIC STRUCTURES; NANOPHOTONIC WAVEGUIDES; OPTICS APPLICATION; PHOTON FLUX; PUMP BEAMS; SCATTERING INTENSITY; SCATTERING PROCESS; SILICON WIRE WAVEGUIDES; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THERMAL BATH;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 84865759095     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.001977     Document Type: Article

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