Modeling mid-infrared continuous-wave silicon-based Raman lasers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6455, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Vermeulen, Nathalie ^a   Debaes, Christof ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mid infrared; Raman lasers; Silicon; Three photon absorption

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; SILICON;

RAMAN LASER; RESONATOR MODELS; THREE PHOTON ABSORPTION; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION LOSSES;

CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS;

EID: 34247381579     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.698488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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