Nonlinear absorption and carrier dynamics in slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifiers

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Motamedi, Ali R.; Ippen, Erich P.; Plant, Jason J.; Donnelly, Joseph P.; Juodawlkis, Paul W.
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Abstract
Limitations imposed on the saturation energy of high-power slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifiers were studied for pulsed signal transmission. Loss due to the two-photon absorption and free-carrier absorption processes becomes a dominant factor for ultrashort-pulse amplification, leading to lower saturation energy. TPA and FCA coefficients are measured to be 65 cm/GW and 7times10[superscript -17] cm[superscript 2], respectively. Carrier-related gain recovery times vary from 160 ps to 380 ps at bias currents from 4 A to 1 A, respectively.
Date issued
2009-08
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60057
Department
Lincoln Laboratory; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
Journal
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Citation
Motamedi, A.R. et al. “Nonlinear absorption and carrier dynamics in slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifiers.” Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on. 2009. 1-2. ©2009 IEEE.
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INSPEC Accession Number: 10859491
ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
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