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

被引：46

作者：

Rafailov, EU ^{[1
]}

Loza-Alvarez, P

Sibbett, W

Sokolovskii, GS

Livshits, DA

Zhukov, AE

Ustinov, VM

机构：

[1] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland

[2] AF Ioffe Phys Tech Inst, St Petersburg 194021, Russia

来源：

IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 2003年 / 15卷 / 08期

关键词：

femtosecond pulses; quantum dots (QDs); semiconductor amplifier;

D O I：

10.1109/LPT.2003.815362

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：1023 / 1025

页数：3

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