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Maximal gain and optimal taper design for Raman amplifiers in silicon-on-insulator waveguides

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Abstract

We show that free-carrier absorption puts an ultimate upper limit on the total Raman gain in silicon-on-insulator waveguides. The latter can be reached by an appropriate exponential tapering of the effective modal area.

© 2005 Optical Society of America

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