FEMTOSECOND GAIN DYNAMICS AND SATURATION BEHAVIOR IN INGAASP MULTIPLE QUANTUM-WELL OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS

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HALL, KL
LAI, Y
IPPEN, EP
EISENSTEIN, G
KOREN, U
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[1] MIT,ELECTR RES LAB,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[2] TECHNION ISRAEL INST TECHNOL,DEPT ELECT ENGN,IL-32000 HAIFA,ISRAEL
[3] AT&T BELL LABS,HOLMDEL,NJ 07733
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10.1063/1.103767
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Femtosecond pump-probe experiments on InGaAs/InGaAsP multiple quantum well optical amplifiers reveal ultrafast dynamics that are similar to, but quantitively different from, those observed in bulk amplifiers. Pulse energy saturation of the amplifier gain is also studied using 150 fs and 20 ps pulses and is found to be pulsewidth dependent. The measured saturation energies are 200 fJ and 6 pJ, respectively.
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