Title :
Theory of short-pulse gain saturation in semiconductor laser amplifiers
Author :
Uskov, A. ; Mørk, J. ; Mark, J.
fDate :
5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Carrier heating and spectral hole burning are shown to have a strong influence on the amplification of ultrashort pulses using semiconductor laser amplifiers. Approximate analytical expressions for the effective saturation energy in different pulsewidth regimes are derived.<>
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical hole burning; optical saturation; semiconductor junction lasers; spectral line breadth; approximate analytical expressions; carrier heating; diode lasers; effective saturation energy; pulsewidth regimes; semiconductor laser amplifiers; short-pulse gain saturation; spectral hole burning; ultrashort pulses; Fiber lasers; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Optimized production technology; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
