• DocumentCode
    733350
  • Title

    Measuring a radiative recombination current in an optically pumped gain medium

  • Author

    Thomas, R. ; Smowton, P.M. ; Blood, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Cardiff Univ., Cardiff, UK
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    An analytical technique for determining the radiative current in optically pumped gain media is presented. A means of seperately identifying the effects of gain compression and pump non-uniformities in amplified spontaneous emission spectra is introduced.
  • Keywords
    optical materials; optical pumping; superradiance; amplified spontaneous emission spectra; analytical technique; gain compression; optically pumped gain media; pump nonuniformities; radiative recombination current; Current measurement; Optical amplifiers; Optical device fabrication; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Optical variables measurement; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7183788