Title :
Extreme chirped pulse amplification (X-CPA) using semiconductor gain media
Author :
Kim, Kyungbum ; Lee, Shinwook ; Delfyett, Peter J., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Opt., Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, the extreme pulse stretching and compression using chirped FBG is characterized with a novel modelocked semiconductor oscillator. In addition, the concept of XCPA is verified by studying the gain saturation behavior with and without the stretching of an optical pulse, and is compared experimentally and theoretically using the gain flattened mode-locked and semiconductor optical amplifiers as the gain elements.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; laser mode locking; optical pulse compression; quantum well lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; chirped FBG; extreme chirped pulse amplification; gain elements; gain flattened mode-locked semiconductor laser; gain saturation behavior; modelocked semiconductor oscillator; optical pulse compression; optical pulse stretching; semiconductor gain media; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Fiber gratings; Image coding; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1252886
