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On the measurement of the Pockels effect in strained silicon

Azadeh, S.S.; Merget, F.; Nezhad, M.P.; Witzens, J.

Authors

S.S. Azadeh

F. Merget

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
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