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  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference
  • OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2009),
  • paper CThCC1
  • •https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO.2009.CThCC1

Ultrashort Free-Carrier Lifetime for Low Nonlinear Loss in Silicon Waveguides

Amy C. Turner-Foster, Mark A. Foster, Jacob S. Levy, Carl B. Poitras, Reza Salem, Alexander L. Gaeta, and Michal Lipson

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Abstract

We demonstrate significant reduction of one of the main nonlinear loss mechanisms in silicon waveguides - free carrier absorption. We show reduction of the free-carrier lifetime from 3 ns down to less than 12.2 ps.

© 2009 Optical Society of America

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