Code
3F011915
Duration
01 October 2015 → 30 September 2019
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Applied mathematics in specific fields
- Classical physics
- Optical physics
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Engineering and technology
- Materials science and engineering
Keywords
nonlinear optics
silicon nitride
optical parametric oscillator
Project description
Compact, energy efficient and low cost wavelength tunable lasers are of key interest in spectroscopic sensing applications. Unfortunately, up to today there are no technical solutions to make them. In this project we will use advanced symmetry breaking mechanisms to enable second-order nonlinear effects in CMOS-compatible materials. This may allow the realization of an on-chip tunable optical parametric oscillator.