S.S. Azadeh
On the measurement of the Pockels effect in strained silicon
Azadeh, S.S.; Merget, F.; Nezhad, M.P.; Witzens, J.
Authors
F. Merget
Dr Maziar Nezhad M.P.Nezhad@salford.ac.uk
Professor Nanophotonics Microsystems Eng
J. Witzens
Abstract
We measure the voltage-dependent phase shift in silicon waveguides strained by a silicon nitride layer and show that, in our measurements, the phase shift is due to free carrier accumulation inside the waveguides. Nonetheless, inverting the applied voltage also inverts the applied phase shift—an effect due to a quasi-static surface charge in the silicon nitride. Since the measured effect is on the same order as recently published second-order nonlinearities attributed to the Pockels effect, inclusion of these carrier-based effects in the analysis of experimental data is of paramount importance.
Citation
Azadeh, S., Merget, F., Nezhad, M., & Witzens, J. (2015). On the measurement of the Pockels effect in strained silicon. Optics Letters, 40(8), 1877-1880. https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.001877
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Sep 1, 2015 |
Publication Date | 2015 |
Deposit Date | Aug 21, 2024 |
Journal | Optics Letters |
Print ISSN | 0146-9592 |
Electronic ISSN | 1539-4794 |
Publisher | Optical Society of America |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 40 |
Issue | 8 |
Pages | 1877-1880 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.001877 |
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