Monolithic integrated Raman silicon laser

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 6705-6712

  Rong, Haisheng ^a   Kuo, Ying Hao ^a   Xu, Shengbo ^a   Liu, Ansheng ^a   Jones, Richard ^a   Paniccia, Mario ^a   Cohen, Oded ^b   Raday, Omri ^b  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; DIODES; PHOTONS; RESONATORS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; WAVEGUIDES;

LASER LINEWIDTH; RACE-TRACK RING RESONATORS; RAMAN SILICON LASER; SILICON PHOTONICS;

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33746324792     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.006705     Document Type: Article

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