Slow light with a remarkably low group velocity is a promising solution for buffering and time-
domain processing of optical signals. It also offers the possibility for spatial compression of …

Focus Serial: Frontiers of Nonlinear Optics Several kinds of nonlinear optical effects have
been observed in recent years using silicon waveguides, and their device applications are …

Developing an optical amplifier on silicon is essential for the success of silicon-on-insulator
(SOI) photonic integrated circuits. Recently, optical gain with a 1-nm bandwidth was …

We present a high-speed and highly scalable silicon optical modulator based on the free
carrier plasma dispersion effect. The fast refractive index modulation of the device is due to …

Group IV photonics hold great potential for nonlinear applications in the near-and mid-
infrared (IR) wavelength ranges, exhibiting strong nonlinearities in bulk materials, high index …

Focus Serial: Frontiers of Nonlinear Optics We review recent research on nonlinear optical
interactions in waveguides with sub-micron transverse dimensions, which are termed …

Using a combination of semiconductor theory and experimental results from the scientific
literature, we have compiled and plotted the key third-order nonlinear optical coefficients of …

A high-speed silicon optical modulator based on the free carrier plasma dispersion effect is
presented. It is based on carrier depletion of a pn diode embedded inside a silicon-on …

Although gigahertz-scale free-carrier modulators have been demonstrated in silicon,
intensity modulators operating at terahertz speeds have not been reported because of …

The nonlinear optics of Si photonic wires is discussed. The distinctive features of these
waveguides are that they have extremely large third-order susceptibility χ^(3) and dispersive …