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Project

On-chip tunable optical parametric oscillator and related devices based on second-order nonlinear effects in high index contrast amorphous silicon nitride based waveguides

Compact, energy efficient and low cost wavelength tunable lasers are of key interest in spectroscopic sensing applications. Unfortunately, up to today there are no technical solutions to make them. In this project we will use advanced symmetry breaking mechanisms to enable second-order nonlinear effects in CMOS-compatible materials. This may allow the realization of an on-chip tunable optical parametric oscillator.

Date:1 Oct 2015 →  30 Sep 2019
Keywords:nonlinear optics, silicon nitride, optical parametric oscillator
Disciplines:Applied mathematics in specific fields, Optical physics, Materials science and engineering, Classical physics