EFFECT OF THE PULSE SHAPE ON SELF-PHASE-MODULATION-INDUCED CHIRPING OF OPTICAL PULSES IN DIODE-LASER AMPLIFIERS

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DIENES, A
CARR, LW
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[1] University of California, Davis, CA
[2] Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Davis
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10.1063/1.347227
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Using the formalism of Agrawal and Olsson [Opt. Lett. 14, 500 (1989)] we calculate the output intensity and frequency chirp for different shape input pulses in semiconductor optical amplifiers. Gaussian pulses result in the least distortion and the most linear chirp, whereas a pulse with an extended leading edge is subjected to severe distortion and receives a chirp that is difficult to compensate. The applicability of this analysis to other laser amplifier systems is also discussed.
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