title: Coherent supercontinuum generation in a silicon photonic wire in the telecommunication wavelength range.
abstract: We demonstrate a fully coherent supercontinuum spectrum spanning 500 nm from a silicon-on-insulator photonic wire waveguide pumped at 1575 nm wavelength. An excellent agreement with numerical simulations is reported. The simulations also show that a high level of two-photon absorption can essentially enforce the coherence of the spectral broadening process irrespective of the pump pulse duration.
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Leo
authors.forename: Simon-Pierre
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Gorza
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coen
authors.forename: Bart
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kuyken
authors.forename: Gunther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Roelkens