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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2009
Jorge Bravo Abad, Cambridge, MA (US);
Erich P. Ippen, Belmont, MA (US);
Marin Soljacic, Belmont, MA (US);
Jorge Bravo Abad, Cambridge, MA (US);
Erich P. Ippen, Belmont, MA (US);
Marin Soljacic, Belmont, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a system including an integrated silicon-based structure including a microcavity configured to receive optical energy from an input beam carrying an optical signal and absorb the optical energy by a nonlinear multi-photon absorption process. For example, the multi-photon absorption process can be two-photon absorption (TPA). The integrated silicon-based structure further includes electrodes responsive to the nonlinear multi-photon absorption process in the microcavity for producing an electronic signal indicative of the optical signal. A related method is also disclosed.