Title :
Gain saturation in traveling-wave ridge waveguide semiconductor laser amplifiers
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
fDate :
7/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The saturation behavior of traveling-wave ridge waveguide diode amplifiers is studied both numerically and analytically. It is shown that an ´effective saturation power´ can be used to characterize the saturation of these devices by up to 4 dB. The effective saturation power, which is sensitive to device geometry, carrier density, and operating wavelength, is useful in the design of the ridge waveguide optical amplifiers.<>
Keywords :
carrier density; laser theory; optical saturation; optical waveguides; semiconductor junction lasers; ´effective saturation power´; carrier density; device geometry; diode amplifiers; diode laser design; gain saturation; operating wavelength; optical saturation; traveling-wave ridge waveguide semiconductor laser amplifiers; Charge carrier density; Geometrical optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical design; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor diodes; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Semiconductor waveguides; Waveguide lasers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
