Ultrafast nonlinear silicon waveguides and quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers
Abstract
In this book, nonlinear silicon-organic hybrid waveguides and quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers are investigated. Advantageous applications are identified, and corresponding proof-of-principle experiments are performed. Highly nonlinear silicon-organic hybrid waveguides show potential for all-optical signal processing based on fourwave mixing and cross-phase modulation. Quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers operate as linear amplifiers with a very large dynamic range.
Keywords
Quantum dots; Silicon photonics; Nonlinear optics; Wavelength conversion; Ultrafast spetroscopyISBN
9783866447486Publisher
KIT Scientific PublishingPublisher website
http://www.ksp.kit.edu/Publication date and place
2011Series
Karlsruhe Series in Photonics & Communications / Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Electronics (IPQ),Classification
Technology: general issues