Title :
Noise Figure of Silicon Raman Amplifiers
Author :
Dimitropoulos, Dimitrios ; Solli, Daniel R. ; Boyraz, Ozdal ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Los Angeles
Abstract :
Quantum mechanical Langevin calculations show nonlinear absorption significantly degrades the noise figure of silicon Raman amplifiers, and lifetimes in the 20 ps range or less are needed to approach the theoretical limit of 3 dB noise figure.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; elemental semiconductors; laser noise; semiconductor lasers; silicon; Si; carrier lifetime; noise figure; nonlinear absorption; nonlinear losses; pump intensity; quantum mechanical Langevin calculations; silicon Raman amplifiers; waveguide losses; Absorption; Noise figure; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical losses; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical waveguides; Silicon; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0925-9
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382509
