Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 21, Issue 2, 308(2013)

Design and typical application of silicon Raman laser

LI Wen-chao1,*... ZHANG Jing-ru2, SUN Yu-chao3, ZHU Dan-dan3 and LI Zhi-quan3 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1[in Chinese]
  • 2[in Chinese]
  • 3[in Chinese]
  • show less

    For the serious nonlinear optical loss, low output power density and non-flat light source in gas concentration measurement by a Cavity Ring-down Spectroscope(CRDS), a Raman laser by using Si as gain media was designed based on the nonlinear frequency shift mechanism of stimulated Raman scattering. To reduce the Two-photon Absorption (TPA) induced Free-carrier Absorption (FCA) and the FCA induced nonlinear optical loss in the silicon, a reversed p-i-n diode was designed to embed in a silicon waveguide.Then, the output power of Raman laser could be enhanced by controlling the voltage. In the experimental analysis, the reversed voltage was set to open, short, 5V and 25V, respectively, to observe the output power under the different voltages. The result indicates that the free carrier mobility time decreases from 16 ns to 1 ns and the output power increases outstandingly at the same condition, which enhances the reliability of gas concentration measurement.

    Tools

    Get Citation

    Copy Citation Text

    LI Wen-chao, ZHANG Jing-ru, SUN Yu-chao, ZHU Dan-dan, LI Zhi-quan. Design and typical application of silicon Raman laser[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2013, 21(2): 308

    Download Citation

    EndNote(RIS)BibTexPlain Text
    Save article for my favorites
    Paper Information

    Category:

    Received: Sep. 18, 2012

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Feb. 26, 2013

    The Author Email: Wen-chao LI (chao121328@sohu.com)

    DOI:10.3788/ope.20132102.308

    Topics