Four-wave-mixing gain and all-optical signal processing in silicon nanowires

Bart Kuyken, Xiaoping Liu, Stéphane Clemmen, Shankar Kumar Selvaraja, Wim Bogaerts, Dries Van Thourhout, Richard M. Osgood, Philippe Emplit, Serge Massar, Yurii A. Vlasov, William M.J. Green, Günther Roelkens, Roel Baets

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Abstract

Silicon nanowires have an immense potential for nonlinear optical functions. Recent work on four-wave-mixing gain in hydrogenated amorphous silicon wires at telecom wavelengths and in crystalline silicon wires in the 2μm wavelength range is reviewed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationECOC 2011 - 37th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication, Final Program
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event37th European Conference on Optical Communication and Exhibition, ECOC 2011 - Geneva, Switzerland
Duration: Sep 18 2011Sep 22 2011

Publication series

NameEuropean Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC

Other

Other37th European Conference on Optical Communication and Exhibition, ECOC 2011
Country/TerritorySwitzerland
CityGeneva
Period9/18/119/22/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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