Title :
Optimized Pumping Schemes for Mid-Infrared Silicon Raman Amplifiers
Author :
Krause, Markus ; Renner, Herwig
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
Maximum gain of mid-infrared silicon Raman amplifiers can be achieved by making pump and signal counter-propagate inside a short ring resonator. The gain is explicitly given in terms of waveguide parameters and available pump power.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; elemental semiconductors; laser cavity resonators; optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon; Si; midinfrared silicon Raman amplifiers; pump power; pumping schemes; ring resonator; waveguide parameters; Absorption; Geometry; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Raman scattering; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Strips;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528736
