Direct observation of the coherent spectral hole in the noise spectrum of a saturated InAs/InP quantum dash amplifier operating near 1550 nm

被引:9
作者
Capua, A. [1 ]
Mikhelashvili, V. [1 ]
Eisenstein, G. [1 ]
Reithmaier, J. P. [2 ]
Somers, A. [3 ]
Forchel, A. [3 ]
Calligaro, M. [4 ]
Parillaud, O. [4 ]
Krakowski, M. [4 ]
机构
[1] Technion Israel Inst Technol, Dept Elect Engn, IL-32000 Haifa, Israel
[2] Univ Gesamthsch Kassel, Inst Nanostruct Technol & Analyt, D-34109 Kassel, Germany
[3] Univ Wurzburg, D-97074 Wurzburg, Germany
[4] Alcatel, Thales Lab 3 5, F-91767 Palaiseau, France
来源
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2008年 / 16卷 / 03期
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10.1364/OE.16.002141
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We demonstrate a direct observation of the coherent noise spectral hole in a saturated quantum dash amplifier. Its width 500-600 GHz is determined by the response time and is responsible for high speed regeneration properties. (c) 2008 Optical Society of America.
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页码:2141 / 2146
页数:6
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