Title :
Picosecond pulse amplification in semiconductor optical amplifiers: A multiple-scale analysis
Author :
Premaratne, Malin ; Agrawal, Govind P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC
Abstract :
We propose a systematic way for analyzing gain-recovery dynamics in semiconductor optical amplifiers using a multiple-scale analysis and show that the resulting analytical solution for the amplified pulse agrees well with numerical solutions.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser beams; numerical analysis; semiconductor optical amplifiers; gain-recovery dynamics; multiple-scale analysis; numerical analysis; picosecond pulse amplification; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Charge carrier density; Equations; Modeling; Optical computing; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stimulated emission; (000.4430) Numerical approximation and analysis; (250.5980) Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
