Amplification of femtosecond pulses over by 18 dB in a quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier

Authors :: A. E. Zhukov
D. A. Livshits
Edik U. Rafailov
Grigorii S. Sokolovskii
Pablo Loza-Alvarez
Wilson Sibbett
V. M. Ustinov
Source :: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 15:1023-1025
Publication Year :: 2003
Publisher :: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2003.
Abstract: We demonstrate amplification (> 18 dB) of 200-fs pulses in a quantum-dot (QD) semiconductor amplifier. Our measurements have shown that such QD devices can provide amplification of femtosecond pulses over a spectral range that exceeds 100 nm.

Subjects :: Optical amplifier
Materials science
business.industry
Amplifier
Optical parametric amplifier
Optical microcavity
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
law.invention
Optics
Quantum dot laser
law
Femtosecond
Optoelectronics
Semiconductor optical gain
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Photonics
business

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