Enhanced Stimulated Raman Scattering in silicon nanocrystals embedded in silicon-rich nitride/silicon superlattice structures

Author

Sirleto, L. ; Ferrara, M.A. ; Rendina, Ivo ; Warga, J. ; Li, R. ; Dal Negro, L.

Author_Institution

Ist. per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi, CNR, Naples, Italy

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, a significant enhancement of the gain coefficient in Raman amplifier using nanostructured silicon clusters embedded in Si-rich nitride/Silicon superlattice structures (SRN/Si-SLs) is experimentally demonstrated. The measured gain enhancement is approximately a factor four larger than the value (0.076 cm/MW) reported for bulk silicon.

Keywords

Raman lasers; nanophotonics; nanostructured materials; silicon; stimulated Raman scattering; superlattices; Raman amplifier; Si; enhanced stimulated Raman scattering; measured gain coefficient enhancement; nanostructured silicon clusters; silicon nanocrystals; silicon superlattice structure; silicon-rich nitride structure; Absorption; Nanocrystals; Optical amplifiers; Optical devices; Optical materials; Raman scattering; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Superlattices; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196553

Filename

5196553