Title :
Total gain of silicon Raman amplifiers: Scaling with group velocity in slow-light waveguides
Author :
Krause, Michael ; Petrov, Alexander ; Brinkmeyer, Ernst
Author_Institution :
E-11 Optische Kommunikationstechnik, Tech. Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany
Abstract :
The maximum total gain in slow-light silicon Raman amplifiers is obtained when arranging for the largest-possible Stokes slow-down factor and a pump-power-dependent optimal pump slow-down factor.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; elemental semiconductors; optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon; slow light; transparency; waveguide lasers; Si; Stokes slow-down factor; group velocity; optimal pump slow-down factor; pump-power dependence; silicon Raman amplifiers; slow-light waveguides; total amplifier gain; transparency threshold; Absorption; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical devices; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Propagation losses; Silicon; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4402-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1949-2081
DOI :
10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338317
