Title :
A High Performance Concave Silicon Raman Laser
Author :
Khorasaninejad, Mohammadreza ; Kaatuzian, Hassan ; Khakmardani, Hamid Hassanzadeh
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
Abstract :
We present a novel structure for silicon Raman lasers to improve efficiency of continues-wave (CW) lasing. Then, we show that our proposed structure not only provides higher optical Raman gain but also lowers threshold pump power.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; elemental semiconductors; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; silicon; Si; concave silicon Raman laser; continues-wave lasing; optical Raman gain; threshold pump power; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Pump lasers; Raman scattering; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Waveguide lasers; Nonlinear optics; Raman lasers; silicon waveguide; stimulated Raman scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunication Technologies 2008 and 2008 2nd Malaysia Conference on Photonics. NCTT-MCP 2008. 6th National Conference on
Conference_Location :
Putrajaya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2214-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2215-9
DOI :
10.1109/NCTT.2008.4814230