Title :
Improved efficiency of silicon raman lasers with tapered waveguides
Author :
Khorasaninejad, Mohammadreza ; Kaatuzian, Hassan ; Saini, Simarjeet Singh
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 proposed structure provides higher output power, lower threshold pump power and more tolerance to propagation losses.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; elemental semiconductors; optical losses; semiconductor lasers; silicon; waveguide lasers; Si; continues-wave lasing; high-output-power laser; low-threshold-pump power laser; propagation losses; silicon Raman lasers; tapered waveguides; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Power generation; Propagation losses; Pump lasers; Raman scattering; Silicon; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1931-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1932-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688884
