Title :
Pump to signal RIN transfer in silicon Raman amplifiers
Author :
Sang, Xinzhu ; Tien, En-Kuang ; Akdas, Metin ; Dimitropoulos, Dimitri ; Jalali, Bahram ; Boyraz, Ozdal
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Irvine, CA
Abstract :
The pump to signal RIN transfer in chip-scale silicon Raman amplifiers is investigated in the presence of nonlinear losses. Pump RIN frequency components as high as 1.5 GHz will be transferred to the signal.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; integrated optics; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre losses; optical pumping; nonlinear loss; relative intensity noise transfer; silicon Raman amplifiers; Absorption; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical devices; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Stimulated emission; (140.4480) Optical amplifiers; (190.5650) Raman effect; (230.7370) Waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
