• DocumentCode
    1150708
  • Title

    Two-photon gain semiconductor amplifier

  • Author

    Ironside, Charles N.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    842
  • Lastpage
    847
  • Abstract
    Semiconductors are proposed as two-photon gain media. The size of the effect and the conditions necessary to observe two-photon gain are determined by employing a low-temperature approximation that allows a simple combination of two-photon absorption theory and semiconductor laser theory. Two-photon gain amplifiers based on electrically pumped GaAs heterostructures and optically pumped InSb are discussed
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium antimonide; optical pumping; semiconductor junction lasers; two-photon processes; III-V semiconductors; electrically pumped GaAs heterostructures; low-temperature approximation; optically pumped InSb; semiconductor laser theory; two-photon absorption theory; two-photon gain semiconductor amplifier; Absorption; Conductors; Laser theory; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Temperature;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.135201
  • Filename
    135201