Phase Resolved Observations of Temporal Soliton Pulse Propagation in Silicon Nanowires
Abstract
An effort was conducted to study temporal soliton pulse propagation in silicon nano-waveguides. These nonlinear phenomenas were studied both numerically and experimentally with phase-resolved Frequency Resolved Optical Gating. Soliton pulse broadening, as well as pulse splitting from two-photon absorption, was observed experimentally, and the simulations matched all of the experimental results. Further simulations with the validated model have demonstrated that compression can be observed in centimeter-length waveguides. This study has demonstrated the feasibility of self-sustaining soliton pulse propagation at substantially shorter length scales than optical fibers, which offers much potential applications with regards to all-optical data transfer and computing.
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@article{arxiv.1302.0434,
title = {Phase Resolved Observations of Temporal Soliton Pulse Propagation in Silicon Nanowires},
author = {Matthew Marko and Xiujian Li and Jiangjun Zheng and Jiali Liao and Chad Husko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.0434},
year = {2015}
}