Tailored anomalous group-velocity dispersion in silicon channel waveguides
Amy C. Turner,Christina Manolatou,Bradley S. Schmidt,Michal Lipson,Mark A. Foster,Jay E. Sharping,Alexander L. Gaeta +6 more
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The first experimental demonstration of anomalous group-velocity dispersion (GVD) in silicon waveguides across the telecommunication bands is presented and it is shown that the GVD can be tuned from -2000 to 1000 ps/(nm*km) by tailoring the cross-sectional size and shape of the waveguide.Abstract:
We present the first experimental demonstration of anomalous group-velocity dispersion (GVD) in silicon waveguides across the telecommunication bands. We show that the GVD in such waveguides can be tuned from -2000 to 1000 ps/(nm·km) by tailoring the cross-sectional size and shape of the waveguide.read more
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