Influence of carrier transport on performance of SLALOM with a polarization-independent MQW SLA

Author

Chen, Minghua ; Yao, Minyu ; Xu, Lei ; Zhang, Jianfeng ; Chen, Xingzhong ; Gao, Yizhi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

Volume

12

Issue

1

fYear

2000

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

39

Abstract

The switching performance of the semiconductor laser amplifier in a loop mirror (SLALOM) with a polarization-independent multiquantum-well SLA influenced by the carrier transport is discussed. It is shown that the switching window is polarization-dependent in the case of ultra-short pulses used as switching pulses because of the carrier transport effect between quantum wells. The influence of polarization can be suppressed by modifying the polarization state of local switching pulses.

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; laser mirrors; optical switches; quantum well lasers; SLALOM; carrier transport; loop mirror; optical switching; polarization-independent multiquantum-well SLA; semiconductor laser amplifier; ultra-short pulse; Equations; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Power semiconductor switches; Pulse amplifiers; Quantum well devices; Quantum well lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tellurium;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.817462

Filename

817462