Ultrashort pulse amplification at 1080 nm with a long-wavelength InGaAs-GaAs flared amplifier

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3766-3769

  Budz, A J ^a   Haugen, H K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Optical pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

A CENTERS; DRIVE CURRENTS; FLARED WAVEGUIDES; GAAS; HYBRID CONFIGURATIONS; LONG WAVELENGTHS; MASTER OSCILLATOR POWER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PULSE AMPLIFIERS; OUTPUT POWER; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED; PEAK POWER; SHORT PULSE; ULTRA-SHORT PULSE AMPLIFICATIONS;

AMPLIFICATION; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; POWER AMPLIFIERS; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; YTTERBIUM;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 64849113845     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.909356     Document Type: Article

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