• DocumentCode
    2928022
  • Title

    Raman amplification and lasing in cladding-pumped silicon waveguides

  • Author

    Brinkmeyer, Ernst ; Krause, Michael ; Renner, Hagen

  • Author_Institution
    E-11 Optische Kommunikationstechnik, Tech. Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    14-16 Jan. 2008
  • Firstpage
    12
  • Lastpage
    13
  • Abstract
    By guiding the pump power in an additional non- silicon cladding, free-carrier absorption of the pump power in a silicon Raman amplifier can be mitigated, thereby enabling longer amplifiers with larger gain.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; amplifiers; claddings; elemental semiconductors; optical pumping; optical waveguides; semiconductor lasers; silicon; Raman amplifier; Raman lasers; Si; free-carrier absorption; gain; nonsilicon cladding; pump power; Absorption; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical waveguides; Power amplifiers; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Raman scattering; Silicon; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE/LEOS Winter Topical Meeting Series, 2008
  • Conference_Location
    Sorrento
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1594-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1595-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSWT.2008.4444375
  • Filename
    4444375