Title :
Semiconductor Waveguide Device for Picosecond Pulse Amplification and Spectral Shaping at 1560 nm
Author :
Heck, M.J.R. ; Bente, E.A.J.M. ; Barbarin, Y. ; Fryda, A. ; Jung, H.-D. ; Oei, Y.S. ; Nötzel, R. ; Lenstra, D. ; Smit, M.K.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Eindhoven, Eindhoven
Abstract :
Amplification of picosecond pulses with greatly reduced amplified spontaneous emission compared to a standard semiconductor amplifier (up to 30dB) and a large increase in coherent spectral bandwidth is demonstrated in devices we have fabricated.
Keywords :
amplification; optical pulse shaping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectral line breadth; spontaneous emission; waveguide lasers; amplified spontaneous emission; coherent spectral bandwidth; picosecond pulse amplification; semiconductor amplifier; semiconductor waveguide device; spectral shaping; wavelength 1560 nm; Fiber nonlinear optics; Iris; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse shaping methods; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Semiconductor waveguides; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452975
