From classical four-wave mixing to parametric fluorescence in silicon microring resonators

Optics Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 3807-3809

  Azzini, Stefano ^a   Grassani, Davide ^a   Galli, Matteo ^a   Andreani, Lucio Claudio ^a   Sorel, Marc ^b   Strain, Michael J ^b   Helt, L G ^c   Sipe, J E ^c   Liscidini, Marco ^a   Bajoni, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONATORS;

AVERAGE POWER; MICRORING RESONATOR; NONLINEAR CHARACTERIZATION; PARAMETRIC FLUORESCENCE; PHOTONIC INTEGRATED STRUCTURES; QUANTUM PROPERTIES; RING SIZES; SILICON MICRORING RESONATORS;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 84866275072     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: 15394794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.37.003807     Document Type: Article

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