Energy limits imposed by two-photon absorption for pulse amplification in high-power semiconductor optical amplifiers

Optics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1041-1043

  Ahmad, Faisal R ^a   Tseng, Yen Wei ^a   Kats, Mikhail A ^a   Rana, Farhan ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PHOTONS; TWO PHOTON PROCESSES;

AMPLIFIER GAIN; COMBINED EFFECT; GAIN SATURATION; PULSE AMPLIFICATION; PULSE ENERGIES; SINGLE TRANSVERSE MODES; TWO PHOTON ABSORPTION; WAVEGUIDE AMPLIFIERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 44949200975     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.33.001041     Document Type: Article

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