• DocumentCode
    2107321
  • Title

    Broadband Raman amplification in silicon

  • Author

    Solli, Daniel R. ; Koonath, Prakash ; Jalali, Bahram

  • Author_Institution
    UCLA, Los Angeles
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    21-25 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    886
  • Lastpage
    887
  • Abstract
    We report Raman amplification in silicon with a spectrum that is modified by the simultaneous occurrence of self- phase modulation. This useful nonlinear phenomenon produces a broad Raman gain spectrum from a narrowband pump source.
  • Keywords
    Raman spectra; amplification; optical pumping; self-phase modulation; semiconductor lasers; broad Raman gain spectrum; narrowband pump source; nonlinear phenomenon; self- phase modulation; silicon broadband Raman amplification; Electromagnetic waveguides; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical refraction; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Silicon; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lake Buena Vista, FL
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0925-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382693
  • Filename
    4382693