Effect of semiconductor nonlinear gain on the chirp and spectral properties of amplified subpicosecond optical pulses

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1293-1294

  Tang, J M ^a,b   Spencer, P S ^a   Shore, K A ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

High speed optical techniques; Pulse generators; Semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

CARRIER HEATING; GAIN DEPLETION PROCESS; NONLINEAR GAIN; OPTICAL PULSE CHIRP;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030568695     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960879     Document Type: Article

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