Ultrashort free-carrier lifetime in low-loss silicon nanowaveguides

作者:Turner Foster Amy C*; Foster Mark A; Levy Jacob S; Poitras Carl B; Salem Reza; Gaeta Alexander L; Lipson Michal
来源:Optics Express, 2010, 18(4): 3582-3591.
DOI:10.1364/OE.18.003582

摘要

We demonstrate reduction of the free-carrier lifetime in a silicon nanowaveguide from 3 ns to 12.2 ps by applying a reverse bias across an integrated p-i-n diode. This observation represents the shortest free-carrier lifetime demonstrated to date in silicon waveguides. Importantly, the presence of the p-i-n structure does not measurably increase the propagation loss of the waveguide. We derive a figure of merit demonstrating equal dependency of the nonlinear phase shift on free-carrier lifetime and linear propagation loss.

  • 出版日期2010-2-15