Title :
Spectrally resolved gain dynamics of a semiconductor optical amplifier for the amplification of multiwavelength pulses
Author :
Archundia, Luis C. ; Resan, Bojan ; Delfyett, P.J.
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Central Florida Univ., Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
The spectrally resolved gain dynamics of a semiconductor optical amplifier is measured under the amplification of multiwavelength pulses. Nonlinear effects are observed and demonstrated to be avoided by the inherent chirp of semiconductor mode-locked lasers.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; nonlinear optics; semiconductor optical amplifiers; laser chirp; mode-locked lasers; multiwavelength pulse amplification; nonlinear effects; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor optical amplifier; spectrally resolved gain dynamics; Delay; Gain measurement; Laser mode locking; Optical pulses; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363376
