Ultrafast photodetection in an all-silicon chip enabled by two-photon absorption

dc.contributor.author	Bravo-Abad, Jorge
dc.contributor.author	Ippen, Erich P.
dc.contributor.author	Soljacic, Marin
dc.date.accessioned	2012-08-01T19:00:15Z
dc.date.available	2012-08-01T19:00:15Z
dc.date.issued	2009-06
dc.date.submitted	2009-03
dc.identifier.issn	0003-6951
dc.identifier.issn	1077-3118
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/71940
dc.description.abstract	In this letter we theoretically demonstrate that by dramatically enhancing two-photon absorption, all-silicon optical microresonators can act as efficient photodetectors for light at telecom wavelengths. We illustrate this approach with two specific designs based on a ring resonator and a photonic crystal cavity. The proposed scheme is fully compatible with standard silicon complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor processing technology, and thus, could contribute to the development of chip-scale integrated photodetectors based exclusively on silicon.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	National Science Foundation (U.S.). Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (Program) (Award Number DMR-0819762)	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	United States. Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Grant Number FA9550-07-1-0014)	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	United States. Army Research Office. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (Contract Number W911NF-07-D-0004)	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	American Institute of Physics (AIP)	en_US
dc.relation.isversionof	http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3155135	en_US
dc.rights	Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.	en_US
dc.source	MIT web domain	en_US
dc.title	Ultrafast photodetection in an all-silicon chip enabled by two-photon absorption	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Bravo-Abad, J., E. P. Ippen, and M. Soljačić. “Ultrafast Photodetection in an All-silicon Chip Enabled by Two-photon Absorption.” Applied Physics Letters 94.24 (2009): 241103. © 2009 American Institute of Physics	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Physics	en_US
dc.contributor.approver	Ippen, Erich P.
dc.contributor.mitauthor	Bravo-Abad, Jorge
dc.contributor.mitauthor	Ippen, Erich P.
dc.contributor.mitauthor	Soljacic, Marin
dc.relation.journal	Applied Physics Letters	en_US
dc.identifier.mitlicense	PUBLISHER_POLICY	en_US
dc.eprint.version	Final published version	en_US
dc.type.uri	http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle	en_US
eprint.status	http://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerReviewed	en_US
dspace.orderedauthors	Bravo-Abad, J.; Ippen, E. P.; Soljačić, M.	en