Title :
Monolithic integrated Raman silicon lasers and amplifiers
Author :
Rong, Haisheng ; Xu, Shengbo ; Kuo, Ying-hao ; Sih, Vanessa ; Paniccia, Mario ; Cohen, Oded ; Raday, Omri
Author_Institution :
Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA
Abstract :
In this paper, a chip-scale Raman silicon laser and amplifier based on a ring resonator architecture are presented. Lasing threshold and efficiency are significantly improved from the previous experiments. Much lower pump power and smaller foot print are needed for the ring resonator amplifier compared to Raman amplifier in linear configuration due to the resonance enhancement effect. The ring resonator based laser and amplifier architecture allows for on-chip integration with other silicon photonics components to provide a monolithic integrated photonic device.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; elemental semiconductors; integrated optoelectronics; laser cavity resonators; optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon; Raman silicon amplifiers; Raman silicon lasers; lasing efficiency; lasing threshold; monolithic integration; resonance enhancement effect; ring resonator; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical ring resonators; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0930-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386593
