Two recent articles on Silicon Raman Lasers

Fiber Optics Weekly Update, Jan 14, 2005

Two articles have appeared in recent publications describing Silicon Raman Lasers using two different techniques. The first by researchers at UCLA who use a microdisc resonator to generate a 1675nm pulse, while being pumped by a mode locked fiber laser operating at 1540nm.

The second approach, which was reported recently by Intel in the EETimes, used a silicon waveguide with a high reflective coating on one edge to reflect a 1536nm pump input signal and produces a 1669.5nm output pulse.