Title :
Enhanced stimulated Raman scattering in slow-light photonic crystal waveguides
Author :
McMillan, James F. ; Yang, Xiaodong ; Panoiu, Nicolae C. ; Osgood, Richard M. ; Wong, Chee Wei
Author_Institution :
Opt. Nanostruct. Lab., Columbia Univ., New York, NY
Abstract :
We investigate slow-light enhancement of stimulated Raman scattering in monolithic silicon photonic crystal defect waveguides. The applied Bloch-Floquet formalism demonstrates remarkable gain enhancements up to 104 at the band-edges, while considering disorder, absorption and coupling.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical waveguides; photonic crystals; stimulated Raman scattering; applied Bloch-Floquet formalism; enhanced stimulated Raman scattering; monolithic silicon photonic crystal defect waveguides; slow-light enhancement; slow-light photonic crystal waveguides; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical waveguide theory; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals; Raman scattering; Silicon; Stimulated emission; (130.2790) Guided waves; (250.5300) Photonic integrated circuits; (290.5910) Scattering, Stimulated Raman;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629154
