• DocumentCode
    2107344
  • Title

    Effect of TPA and FCA Interplay on Pulse Compression in Silicon

  • Author

    Tien, En-Kuang ; Yuksek, Nuh S. ; Qian, Feng ; Boyraz, Ozdal

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of California, Irvine
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    21-25 Oct. 2007
  • Firstpage
    888
  • Lastpage
    889
  • Abstract
    FCA can be used as pulse compressor if it exceeds TPA at the pulse center by using sharper pulses or higher peak powers. Tripling rise time requires 7 dB more power to achieve 80 ps output pulses.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; laser mode locking; light absorption; optical pulse compression; silicon; two-photon processes; Si; free carrier absorption; laser mode locking; pulse compression; two-photon absorption; Absorption; Laser modes; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical pulse compression; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse compression methods; Pump lasers; Silicon; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Lake Buena Vista, FL
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0925-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1092-8081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382694
  • Filename
    4382694