Gain and Phase Dynamics of an InAs/InGaAsP/InP Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifier at 1.55 µm

Authors :: R Richard Nötzel
Robert J. Manning
Harm J. Dorren
Yi An
K Karen Solis-Trapala
Source :: Advanced Photonics & Renewable Energy.
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: OSA, 2010.
Abstract: Time-resolved gain and phase dynamics of an InAs/InGaAsP/InP quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier are investigated. The recovery is dominated by an ultrafast component (~1 ps), indicating strongly that the gain medium is genuinely dot-like in character.

Subjects :: Optical amplifier
Active laser medium
Materials science
business.industry
Physics::Optics
Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect
Condensed Matter::Materials Science
Optics
Phase dynamics
Quantum dot
Modulation
Quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifier
Optoelectronics
Semiconductor optical gain
business
Ultrashort pulse

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