Title :
Pulsed-pumped silicon-on-insulator waveguide Raman amplifier
Author :
Liang, T.K. ; Tsang, H.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
fDate :
29 Sept.-1 Oct. 2004
Abstract :
We experimentally achieved optical gain of 7.8 dB from stimulated Raman scattering in a 1.7 cm long silicon-on-insulator waveguide, by minimizing the loss from two-photon absorption generated carriers in the pulsed pumping scheme.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical losses; optical pumping; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; stimulated Raman scattering; two-photon processes; 1.7 cm; 7.8 dB; Raman amplifier; Si; loss minimization; pulsed pumping scheme; pulsed-pumped waveguide; silicon-on-insulator waveguide; stimulated Raman scattering; two-photon absorption; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Silicon on insulator technology; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2004. First IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8474-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2004.1416637
