Optical nonlinearity in silicon at mid-infrared wavelengths

• Main Authors: Wang, Ting, Venkatram, Nalla, Chen, George, Ji, Wei, Tan, Dawn T. H.
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Optics and light
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/101856; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19830; http://www.opticsinfobase.org/abstract.cfm?URI=CLEO_SI-2014-STu1I.1&origin=search
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We report the wavelength dependency of third-order nonlinearity and multi-photon absorption of silicon in the spectral range from 1.6 µm to 6 µm, including the nonlinear figure of merit.