Title :
Energy harvesting in silicon Raman amplifiers
Author :
Tsia, Kevin ; Fathpour, Sasan ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
A method to recover power lost to two photon absorption is described. Approach is applicable to both Raman and Kerr based devices. CW Raman amplification with negative electrical power dissipation is experimentally demonstrated in silicon
Keywords :
Raman lasers; elemental semiconductors; laser beams; optical Kerr effect; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon; CW Raman amplification; Kerr based device; energy harvesting; negative electrical power dissipation; silicon Raman amplifier; two photon absorption; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical devices; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Power dissipation; Silicon; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2006. 3rd IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0096-1
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2006.1708223
