Breakthroughs in nonlinear silicon photonics 2011

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 601-606

  Okawachi, Yoshitomo ^a   Gaeta, Alexander L ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

four wave mixing (FWM); nanophotonics; Nonlinear optics; silicon photonics

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY COMBS; PARAMETRIC AMPLIFICATION; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATIONS; SILICON PHOTONICS; SILICON-BASED DEVICES;

NANOPHOTONICS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHOTONICS; SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION;

PARAMETRIC DEVICES;

EID: 84866243846     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2189874     Document Type: Article

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