Measurement of self- and cross-gain saturation dynamics using two-color heterodyne pump-probe technique

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1244-1246

  Katayama, Takeo ^a   Kawaguchi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical pulse compression; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); Supercontinuum (SC) generation; Ultrafast measurements

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

OPTICAL PULSE COMPRESSION; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOAS); SUPERCONTINUUM (SC) GENERATION; ULTRAFAST MEASUREMENTS;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 20544449123     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.846562     Document Type: Article

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