Generation of correlated photons in hydrogenated amorphous-silicon waveguides.
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چکیده
We report the first (to our knowledge) observation of correlated photon emission in hydrogenated amorphous-silicon waveguides. We compare this to photon generation in crystalline silicon waveguides with the same geometry. In particular, we show that amorphous silicon has a higher nonlinearity and competes with crystalline silicon in spite of higher loss.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Optics letters
دوره 35 20 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010