• DocumentCode
    1569950
  • Title

    Extreme value statistics in silicon photonics

  • Author

    Borlaug, David ; Jalali, Bahram

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. Dept., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    310
  • Lastpage
    311
  • Abstract
    We show that fluctuations of Raman amplified pulses, in the presence of a noisy pump, follow extreme value statistics, and provide mathematical insight into the origin of this perplexing behavior.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; high-speed optical techniques; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; silicon; statistical analysis; OPO; Raman amplified pulse fluctuation; Si; extreme value statistics; noisy pump; optical parametric oscillator; silicon photonics; Fluctuations; Laser excitation; Photonics; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Rician channels; Silicon; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688614
  • Filename
    4688614