Title :
Dynamic theory of picosecond optical pulse shaping by gain-switched semiconductor laser amplifiers
Author :
Schöll, Eckehard
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Theor. Phys., Aachen, West Germany
fDate :
2/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A dynamic theory of semiconductor laser amplifiers is developed that takes into account the coherent time-dependent amplification of an incident optical pulse as well as the nonlinear dynamics of the semiconductor laser when driven be an unbiased injection-current pulse. For suitable time delays between the optical and the electrical pulse, a strongly nonlinear self-induced shortening of the emitted laser pulse is predicted
Keywords :
optical parametric amplifiers; semiconductor junction lasers; coherent amplification; electrical pulse; injection-current pulse; optical pulse; picosecond optical pulse shaping; self-induced shortening; semiconductor laser amplifiers; Delay effects; High speed optical techniques; Laser modes; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
