Title :
Silicon Waveguides Based Ultra-wide-band Filter for Raman Amplification
Author :
Liu, Y. ; Chow, C.W. ; Tsang, H.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin
Abstract :
An ultra-wide-band (UWB) filter based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) multimode interferometer (MMI) couplers and a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) was proposed. It can select signal wavelength (around 1556 nm) while removing pump wavelength (1440 nm) which is 15.6 THz away
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; Raman lasers; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical couplers; optical waveguide filters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon; silicon-on-insulator; ultra wideband technology; 1440 nm; 1556 nm; Mach-Zehnder interferometer; Raman amplification; Si; Si-SiO2; silicon waveguides; silicon-on-insulator multimode interferometer couplers; ultra-wide-band filter; Integrated optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278824
