Making Silicon Emit Light Using Third Harmonic Generation
arXiv:2411.08442 · doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2012.01.154
Abstract
Despite its excellent performance in microelectronic industry, silicon was not able to perform well in photonic devices arena. This is because the silicon has never been a good optical source mainly due to its indirect band gap structure. Many of the device functionalities in silicon have been reported, with an exception of, until recently, a reliable optical source. Silicon is a nonlinear material which makes use of its nonlinearities to realize various functionalities. This paper presents a theoretical treatment of generating and enhancing third-harmonic field which may be used as optical source, crystal state monitoring and all-optical signal processing applications.
6 pages, 3 figures, International Workshop on Information and Electronics Engineering (IWIEE) - 2012