Authors:	B. Kuyken, S. Clemmen, S. Selvaraja, W. Bogaerts, S. Massar, R. Baets, G. Roelkens
Title:	Self phase modulation in highly nonlinear hydrogenated amorphous silicon
Format:	International Conference Proceedings
Publication date:	11/2010
Journal/Conference/Book:	Photonics Society Annual Meeting
Location:	Denver, United States
DOI:	10.1109/photonics.2010.5698976
Citations:	1 (Dimensions.ai - last update: 17/11/2024) 1 (OpenCitations - last update: 3/5/2024) Look up on Google Scholar
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Abstract

We study self phase modulation in submicron amorphous silicon-on-insulator waveguides. We extract both the real and imaginary part of the nonlinear parameter ã from a 1 cm long waveguide with a cross-section of 500x220nm2. The real and imaginary part of the nonlinear parameter are found to be 767W-1m-1 and 28W-1m-1 respectively. The figure of merit (FOM) is found to be 3.6 times larger then the FOM in crystalline silicon (c-Si).

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