Raman Amplification and Slow Light in Photonic Crystal Waveguide

This book provides detailed information of Raman amplification and Slow Light in Photonic Crystal Waveguide. Enhancement of Raman gain in silicon Nano crystal waveguide and silicon slow light waveguides is studied. As Raman amplification inside Nano crystal silicon and slow light waveguides has been demonstrated recently as key technology to enhance nonlinear effects. Raman effect and Slow light has numerous applications in optical domain.