Title :
Numerical analysis of pulse pedestal and dynamic chirp formation on picosecond modelocked laser pulses after propagation through a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Connelly, Michael J. ; Clarke, Aisling M. ; Anandarajah, Prince M. ; Barry, Liam P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Limerick Univ., Ireland
Abstract :
A numerical analysis, based on a modified Schrodinger equation, of the formation of pulse pedestals and dynamic chirp formation on picosecond pulses after propagation through a semiconductor optical amplifier is presented. The numerical predictions are confirmed by an experiment that utilises the frequency resolved optical gating technique for the amplified pulse characterisation.
Keywords :
Schrodinger equation; chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; numerical analysis; semiconductor optical amplifiers; amplified pulse characterisation; dynamic chirp formation; frequency resolved optical gating technique; modified Schrodinger equation; numerical analysis; picosecond modelocked laser pulse; pulse pedestal; semiconductor optical amplifier; Chirp; Frequency; Laser modes; Numerical analysis; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Schrodinger equation; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, 2005. NUSOD '05. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9149-7
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2005.1518169
