Advantages to a diverging Raman amplifier

A self-imaging silicon waveguide Raman amplifier

We propose a novel self-imaging Raman amplifier consisting of collinearly propagating pump and Stokes signal beams in a multimode silicon waveguide. Potential application as an image preamplifier for MWIR remote sensing is discussed. © 2007 Optical Society of America OCIS Codes: (190.5650) Raman effect, (190.4380) Nonlinear optics, (130.3120) Integrated optics devices, (230.7370) Waveguides. St...

Self-imaging silicon Raman amplifier.

We propose a new type of waveguide optical amplifier. The device consists of collinearly propagating pump and amplified Stokes beams with periodic imaging of the Stokes beam due to the Talbot effect. The application of this device as an Image preamplifier for Mid Wave Infrared (MWIR) remote sensing is discussed and its performance is described. Silicon is the preferred material for this applica...

Silicon Raman laser, amplifier, and wavelength converter

Silicon is the “bread and butter” of the electronics industry. Its combination of technological sophistication and economics of scale of is unparalled in the history of the industrial age. Ideally, photonic devices should also be manufactured in silicon. However, with the exception of one or two devices that are in low-volume production [1] the silicon photonics industry is virtually non existe...

Raman Amplifier Simulations with Bursty Traffic

Raman Amplifier with Integrated Dispersion-Compensating Fiber

It has been more than 20 years since fiber-optic communication became practicable, and there has been a continuing stream of technological breakthroughs. The increased diffusion of the Internet has seen the rapid introduction of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems. With the burgeoning increases in communications capacity in recent years 1), attention has been focused on Raman ...