Title :
Multimode silicon raman amplifier
Author :
Raghunathan, Varun ; Renner, Hagen ; Rice, Robert ; Krauss, Michael ; Brinkmeyer, Ernst ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution :
Electrical Engineering department, University of California Los Angeles, 90095-1594, USA
Abstract :
We propose a novel multimode silicon waveguide Raman amplifier consisting of collinearly propagating pump and amplified Stokes beams with self-imaging of Stokes beam due to Talbot effect. Application of this device as image pre-amplifier is discussed.
Keywords :
Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical imaging; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Silicon; Space technology; Stimulated emission; Thermal conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431425
