• DocumentCode
    1078982
  • Title

    Improvement of saturation output power in a semiconductor laser amplifier through pumping light injection

  • Author

    Yoshino, Manabu ; Inoue, Kyo

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Lab., Kanagawa, Japan
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1996
  • Firstpage
    58
  • Lastpage
    59
  • Abstract
    Pumping light injection for semiconductor laser amplifiers is proposed as an effective way to improve their saturation output power. An experiment demonstrates 4.9 dB improvement in saturation output power for 1546 nm signal light using 1480 nm pumping light.
  • Keywords
    carrier lifetime; laser theory; optical communication equipment; optical pumping; optical saturation; semiconductor lasers; 1480 nm; 1546 nm; pumping light; pumping light injection; saturation output power; semiconductor laser amplifier; signal light; Charge carrier lifetime; Equations; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.475777
  • Filename
    475777
    • Link To Document
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