Femtosecond self- and cross-phase modulation in semiconductor laser amplifiers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 523-539

  Hong, M Y ^a   Chang, Y H ^a   Dienes, A ^a   Heritage, J P ^a   Delfyett, P J ^b   Dijaili, Sol ^c   Patterson, F G ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEASUREMENT; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CROSS PHASE MODULATION; FEMTOSECOND PULSE AMPLIFICATION; GAIN COMPRESSION; SELFPHASE MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AMPLIFIERS (SLA);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030230528     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.571753     Document Type: Article

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