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Nature 441, 960-963 (22 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/nature04932;

Open Innovation Challenges

Broad-band optical parametric gain on a silicon photonic chip

Developing an optical amplifier on silicon is essential for the success of silicon-on-insulator (SOI) photonic integrated circuits. Recently, optical gain with a 1-nm bandwidth was demonstrated using the Raman effect, which led to the demonstration of a Raman oscillator, lossless optical modulation and optically tunable slow light.

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