Title :
20 dB on-off Raman amplification in silicon waveguides
Author :
Raghunathan, V. ; Boyraz, O. ; Jalali, B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA
Abstract :
We report on-off optical gains of 20 dB in silicon-on-insulator waveguides. Free carrier and two photon absorption of 4 dB is measured indicating an intrinsic Raman gain of 24 dB
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; stimulated Raman scattering; two-photon processes; Si-SiO2; on-off Raman amplification; on-off optical gain; silicon-on-insulator waveguide; two photon absorption; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Pump lasers; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201775
