Time-resolved study of Raman gain in highly confined silicon-on-insulator waveguides

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 4437-4442

  Xu, Qianfan ^a   Almeida, Vilson R ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; GAIN CONTROL; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RAMAN SCATTERING;

NONLINEAR GAIN; PLANAR WAVEGUIDES; RAMAN GAIN; TIME-RESOLVED METHODS;

SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 6344235482     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.004437     Document Type: Article

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