DocumentCode
421570
Title
On Raman gain in silicon waveguides: limitations from two-photon-absorption generated carriers
Author
Liang, T.K. ; Tsang, H.K.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
We show experimentally that free carriers generated by two-photon-absorption in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguides limit the available pump power for stimulated Raman scattering and lead to net optical loss.
Keywords
optical losses; optical pumping; optical waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon-on-insulator; stimulated Raman scattering; two-photon processes; Raman gain; Si; optical loss; pump power; silicon waveguides; silicon-on-insulator waveguides; stimulated Raman scattering; two-photon-absorption generated carriers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1360762
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