Upper Limit for the Amplifiable Stokes Power in Saturated Silicon Waveguide Raman Amplifiers

Upper Limit for the Amplifiable Stokes Power

H. Renner,
Upper Limit for the Amplifiable Stokes Power in Saturated Silicon Waveguide Raman Amplifiers
7th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP), Beijing, China, 1-3 September (Paper P1.15), (2010)

Abstract: We derive upper limits for the amplifiable Stokes power in saturated silicon Raman amplifiers and the tolerable product of scattering-loss and FCA coefficients. Optimal pump conditions are given analytically and optimized amplifier designs are presented.

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