• DocumentCode
    1562315
  • Title

    Optimized Pumping Schemes for Mid-Infrared Silicon Raman Amplifiers

  • Author

    Krause, Markus ; Renner, Herwig

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Maximum gain of mid-infrared silicon Raman amplifiers can be achieved by making pump and signal counter-propagate inside a short ring resonator. The gain is explicitly given in terms of waveguide parameters and available pump power.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; elemental semiconductors; laser cavity resonators; optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon; Si; midinfrared silicon Raman amplifiers; pump power; pumping schemes; ring resonator; waveguide parameters; Absorption; Geometry; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Raman scattering; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Strips;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528736
  • Filename
    4528736