Demonstration of CW Raman gain with zero electrical power dissipation in p-i-n silicon waveguides
- 1 January 2006
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Abstract
Electrical power dissipation has been an unfortunate penalty paid for achieving net CW gain in silicon Raman amplifiers and lasers. We report the first observation of net CW gain with zero electrical power dissipation.Keywords
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