CARRIER HEATING IN INGAASP LASER-AMPLIFIERS DUE TO 2-PHOTON ABSORPTION

Authors
MORK J MARK J SELTZER CP
Citation
J. Mork et al., CARRIER HEATING IN INGAASP LASER-AMPLIFIERS DUE TO 2-PHOTON ABSORPTION, Applied physics letters, 64(17), 1994, pp. 2206-2208
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
64
Issue
17
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2206 - 2208
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1994)64:17<2206:CHIILD>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The carrier dynamics in an InGaAsP quantum-well laser amplifier excite d by an ultrashort optical pulse is investigated experimentally as wel l as theoretically. For operation in the absorption region, a transiti on from pump induced cooling to pump induced heating of the carriers i s observed for increasing pump pulse energy and is attributed to the g eneration of hot carriers through two-photon absorption. The results f urther support the interpretation of the carrier dynamics in the pertu rbative regime.