Title :
Noise figure of high-repetition-rate optical parametric amplifiers in silicon
Author :
Sang, Xinzhu ; Tien, En-Kuang ; Qian, Feng ; Yuksek, Nuh S. ; Song, Qi ; Boyraz, Ozdal
Author_Institution :
EECS Dept., Univ. of California, Irvine, CA
Abstract :
A numerical investigation on noise figure (NF) inside the silicon waveguides pumped with high-repetition-rate pulses is carried out. The parameters of pump pulses are important to generate net gain and <7dB NF in silicon waveguides.
Keywords :
optical parametric amplifiers; optical waveguides; silicon; Si; high repetition rate; noise figure; optical parametric amplifiers; pump pulse parameters; silicon waveguides; Noise figure; Noise measurement; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical noise; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon; Stimulated emission; (060.4510)Optical communications; (140.4480)Optical amplifiers; (230.7370) Waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
