Research Article
Dispersion Engineered Silicon Nanocrystal Slot Waveguides for Soliton Ultrafast Optical Processing
Table 1
Optical parameters of SOI rib waveguides.
| Parameter | RIB no. 1 [26] | RIB no. 2 This paper | RIB no. This paper |
| Rib width (nm) | 860 | 400 | 400 | Total rib height (nm) | 400 () | 400 () | 400 () | Polarization state | quasi-TM | quasi-TM | quasi-TM | Effective mode area (μm2) | 0.13 | 0.23 | 0.28 | Nonlinear parameter ((Wm)−1) | 187.1 | 105.7 | 86.9 | GVD coefficientβ 2 (ps2/m) | −2.26 | −3.5 | −2.5 |
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Three different SOI rib waveguides indicated as RIB no. 1, RIB no. 2, and RIB no. 3, have been considered.
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