DocumentCode
3025331
Title
Multimode Silicon Raman amplifier
Author
Raghunathan, Varun ; Renner, Hagen ; Rice, Robert ; Krauss, Michael ; Brinkmeyer, Ernst ; Jalali, Bahram
Author_Institution
Univ. of California, Los Angeles
fYear
2007
fDate
6-11 May 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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
Raman lasers; Talbot effect; elemental semiconductors; laser beams; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon; Si; Stokes beam self-imaging; Talbot effect; amplified Stokes beams; multimode silicon Raman amplifier; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical imaging; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Silicon; Space technology; Stimulated emission; Thermal conductivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-834-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453648
Filename
4453648
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