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
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;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
