• 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