Advances in Optics

Review Article

Hybrid Materials for Integrated Photonics

Table 1

The nonlinear refractive index , the nonlinear absorption coefficient , and figure of merit (FOM) for typical materials measured around   m.
Material FOM
[10−13 cm2/W [cm/GW]
Fused silica [55]0.0027⋯⋯
Semiconductors   
 Si [56]0.450.790.37
 GaAs [56]1.5910.20.1
 AlGaAs [57]1.750.353.2
Chalcogenide glass [58]   
  0.60.41.0
  1.50.42.4
  24.60.53.2
  1.20.155.0
  0.6<0.03>12.0
Polymers    
 DDMEBT [59] 1.7⋯2.19