• DocumentCode
    2864036
  • Title

    Demonstration of CW Raman gain with zero electrical power dissipation in p-i-n silicon waveguides

  • Author

    Fathpour, Sasan ; Boyraz, Ozdal ; Dimitropoulos, Dimitri ; Jalali, Bahram

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. Dept., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Electrical power dissipation has been an unfortunate penalty paid for achieving net CW gain in silicon Raman amplifiers and lasers. We report the first observation of net CW gain with zero electrical power dissipation.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; laser beams; optical waveguides; semiconductor heterojunctions; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon; CW Raman gain; Si; p-i-n silicon waveguides; silicon Raman amplifier; silicon Raman laser; zero electrical power dissipation; Gain measurement; Optical waveguides; PIN photodiodes; Power dissipation; Power measurement; Pump lasers; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Voltage; Waveguide lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627790
  • Filename
    4627790