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
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;
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
