A continuous-wave Raman silicon laser

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7027, 2005, Pages 725-728

  Rong, Haisheng ^a   Jones, Richard ^a   Liu, Ansheng ^a   Cohen, Oded ^b   Hak, Dani ^b   Fang, Alexander ^a   Paniccia, Mario ^a  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC FILMS; DIODES; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RAMAN SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON; WAVEGUIDES; WAVES;

EMISSION EFFICIENCY; LASER CAVITY; OPTICAL GAIN; SILICON LASERS;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

SILICON;

LASER; SILICON;

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; FILM; LASER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ROMAN;

EID: 14344257465     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03346     Document Type: Article

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