• DocumentCode
    520544
  • Title

    Silicon nanophotonic mid-infrared optical parametric amplifier with 25 dB gain

  • Author

    Liu, Xiaoping ; Osgood, Richard M., Jr. ; Vlasov, Yurii A. ; Green, William M J

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate a broadband silicon mid-infrared optical parametric amplifier operating near λ = 2200 nm. The amplifier exhibits a maximum gain as large as 25 dB, and net off-chip gain greater than 13 dB.
  • Keywords
    Gain; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5500127