Title :
Time-resolved measurement of Raman amplification in highly confined silicon-on-insulator waveguides
Author :
Xu, Qianfan ; Lipson, Michal ; Almeida, Vilson R.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
Abstract :
We show ultra-fast Raman gain dynamics in submicron-size SOI strip waveguide. Using high confinement structures and pico-second pump pulses, we show 6-dB net nonlinear gain with 20.7-W peak pump power in a 7-mm long waveguide.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical pumping; optical waveguides; silicon-on-insulator; stimulated Raman scattering; 20.7 W; 6 dB; 7 mm; Si-SiO2; high-confinement structures; nonlinear gain; pico-second pump pulses; stimulated Raman amplification; submicron-size silicon-on-insulator strip waveguides; time-resolved measurement; ultra-fast Raman gain dynamics; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Probes; Pulse measurements; Silicon on insulator technology; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202190
