# IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

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• ### Theory, design, and performance of extended tuning range semiconductor lasers with sampled gratings

Publication Year: 1993, Page(s):1824 - 1834
Cited by:  Papers (372)  |  Patents (73)
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The authors have recently demonstrated 57 nm of tuning in a monolithic semiconductor laser using conventional distributed-Bragg-reflector (DBR) technology with grating elements removed in a periodic fashion. They describe the theory and design of these so-called sampled-grating tunable lasers. They calculate sample-grating reflectivity, and present normalized design curves which quantify tradeoffs... View full abstract»

• ### Radio-Over-Fiber Technologies for Emerging Wireless Systems

Publication Year: 2016, Article Sequence Number: 0600311
Cited by:  Papers (9)
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Radio-over-fiber transmission has extensively been studied as a means to realizing a fiber optic wireless distribution network that enables seamless integration of the optical and wireless network infrastructures. Emerging wireless communication networks that support new broadband services provide increased opportunities for photonics technologies to play a prominent role in the realization of the... View full abstract»

• ### Coupled-mode theory for guided-wave optics

Publication Year: 1973, Page(s):919 - 933
Cited by:  Papers (1018)  |  Patents (49)
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The problem of propagation and interaction of optical radiation in dielectric waveguides is cast in the coupled-mode formalism. This approach is useful for treating problems involving energy exchange between modes. A derivation of the general theory is followed by application to the specific cases of electrooptic modulation, photoelastic and magnetooptic modulation, and optical filtering. Also tre... View full abstract»

• ### Electrooptical effects in silicon

Publication Year: 1987, Page(s):123 - 129
Cited by:  Papers (1206)  |  Patents (56)
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A numerical Kramers-Kronig analysis is used to predict the refractive-index perturbations produced in crystalline silicon by applied electric fields or by charge carriers. Results are obtained over the1.0-2.0 mum optical wavelength range. The analysis makes use of experimental electroabsorption spectra and impurity-doping spectra taken from the literature. For electrorefraction at the i... View full abstract»

• ### FPGA-Based Optical Cavity Phase Stabilization for Coherent Pulse Stacking

Publication Year: 2018, Article Sequence Number: 1600111
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Coherent pulse stacking (CPS) is a new time-domain coherent addition technique that stacks several optical pulses into a single output pulse, enabling high pulse energy from fiber lasers. We develop a robust, scalable, and distributed digital control system with firmware and software integration for algorithms, to support the CPS application. We model CPS as a digital filter in the Z domain and im... View full abstract»

• ### Theory of the linewidth of semiconductor lasers

Publication Year: 1982, Page(s):259 - 264
Cited by:  Papers (1308)  |  Patents (11)
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A theory of the spectral width of a single-mode semiconductor laser is presented and used to explain the recent measurements of Fleming and Mooradian on AlGaAs lasers. They found the linewidth to be inversely proportional to power and to have a value of 114 MHz at 1 mW per facet. This value is 30 times greater than can be explained by existing theories. The enhanced linewidth is attributed to the ... View full abstract»

• ### An out-of-plane grating coupler for efficient butt-coupling between compact planar waveguides and single-mode fibers

Publication Year: 2002, Page(s):949 - 955
Cited by:  Papers (303)  |  Patents (39)
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We have designed and fabricated an out-of-plane coupler for butt-coupling from fiber to compact planar waveguides. The coupler is based on a short second-order grating or photonic crystal, etched in a waveguide with a low-index oxide cladding. The coupler is optimized using mode expansion-based simulations. Simulations using a 2-D model show that up to 74% coupling efficiency between single-mode f... View full abstract»

• ### Temporal coupled-mode theory and the presence of non-orthogonal modes in lossless multimode cavities

Publication Year: 2004, Page(s):1511 - 1518
Cited by:  Papers (155)  |  Patents (12)
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We develop a general temporal coupled-mode theory for multimode optical resonators. This theory incorporates a formal description of a direct transmission pathway, and is therefore capable of describing Fano interference phenomena in multimode cavities. Using this theory, we prove a general criterion that governs the existence of nonorthogonal modes. The presence of nonorthogonal modes creates int... View full abstract»

• ### Dynamics of Optoelectronic Oscillators With Electronic and Laser Nonlinearities

Publication Year: 2018, Article Sequence Number: 5000207
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We present a theoretical and experimental study of a low-frequency optoelectronic oscillator featuring both laser-diode and Van der Pol-like nonlinearities. In this architecture, the device performing the electrical-to-optical conversion is the laser-diode itself instead of an external electro-optical modulator, while the electric branch of the oscillator is characterized by a Van der Pol nonlinea... View full abstract»

• ### A review of the optical properties of biological tissues

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):2166 - 2185
Cited by:  Papers (1274)  |  Patents (159)
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The known optical properties (absorption, scattering, total attenuation, effective attenuation, and/or anisotropy coefficients) of various biological tissues at a variety of wavelengths are reviewed. The theoretical foundations for most experimental approaches are outlined. Relations between Kubelka-Munk parameters and transport coefficients are listed. The optical properties of aorta, liver, and ... View full abstract»

• ### Effect of 1/f-type FM noise on semiconductor-laser linewidth residual in high-power limit

Publication Year: 1989, Page(s):684 - 688
Cited by:  Papers (85)  |  Patents (8)
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The FM-noise spectrum and the linewidth of 1.3 μm DFB (distributed feedback) semiconductor lasers measured in the high-power state up to 20 mW are discussed. A 5-MHz residual linewidth is observed in the high-power limit. The FM-noise spectrum consists of white noise and 1/f noise. The spectral density of the white noise is reduced by the increase in the output power, whereas that of t... View full abstract»

• ### External optical feedback effects on semiconductor injection laser properties

Publication Year: 1980, Page(s):347 - 355
Cited by:  Papers (1464)  |  Patents (14)
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Influences on the semiconductor laser properties of external optical feedback, i.e., return of a portion of the laser output from a reflector external to the laser cavity, have been examined. Experimental observations with a single mode laser is presented with analysis based on a compound cavity laser model, which has been found to explain essential features of the experimental results. In particu... View full abstract»

• ### Quasi-phase-matched second harmonic generation: tuning and tolerances

Publication Year: 1992, Page(s):2631 - 2654
Cited by:  Papers (1260)  |  Patents (52)
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The theory of quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic generation is presented in both the space domain and the wave vector mismatch domain. Departures from ideal quasi-phase matching in periodicity, wavelength, angle of propagation, and temperature are examined to determine the tuning properties and acceptance bandwidths for second-harmonic generation in periodic structures. Numerical examples are tab... View full abstract»

• ### Optimization Study of a Novel Few-Layer Graphene/Silicon Quantum Dots/Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell Through Opto-Electrical Modeling

Publication Year: 2018, Article Sequence Number: 4800106
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Few-layer graphene/silicon quantum dots/silicon (FLG/SiQDs/Si) heterojunction solar cells consisting of a layer of SiQDs sandwiched between FLG and p- or n-type Si is examined by a device physics model incorporated with the optical characteristics of FLG and SiQDs. FLG/SiQDs/Si solar cells enhance short-circuit current density, because charge carriers can tunnel through the energy states in SiQDs.... View full abstract»

• ### Optical pulse compression with diffraction gratings

Publication Year: 1969, Page(s):454 - 458
Cited by:  Papers (701)  |  Patents (34)
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The theory of the diffraction grating pair is developed by expanding the frequency dependence of the phase shift as far as the quadratic frequency term. The analogy between pulse compression and Fresnel diffraction is treated. The effect of the cubic phase term is discussed for ultrashort pulses having appreciable fractional bandwidth. View full abstract»

• ### Optoelectronic Oscillators (OEOs) to Sensing, Measurement, and Detection

Publication Year: 2016, Article Sequence Number: 0601116
Cited by:  Papers (14)
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Besides distinct features on RF/optical signal generation, optoelectronic oscillators (OEOs) have also been rapidly developed as emerging techniques towards sensing, measurement, and detection. In this paper, we start with the conceptual architecture and the analytical model of OEOs. Then, three operation principles behind sensing, measurement, and detection applications are categorized, including... View full abstract»

• ### Nonlinear Pulse Compression to Sub-40 fs at $4.5~mu$ J Pulse Energy by Multi-Pass-Cell Spectral Broadening

Publication Year: 2017, Article Sequence Number: 8600204
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We report on the pulse compression of an 18.5 MHz repetition rate pulse train from 230 fs to sub-40 fs by nonlinear spectral broadening in a multi-pass cell and subsequent chirp removal. The compressed pulse energy is $4.5~mu text{J}$ , which corresponds to 84 W of average power, with a compression efficiency of 88%. Th... View full abstract»

• ### Ytterbium-doped fiber amplifiers

Publication Year: 1997, Page(s):1049 - 1056
Cited by:  Papers (381)  |  Patents (30)
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The ytterbium-doped fiber amplifier offers a number of attractive features, including a broad-gain bandwidth and a high efficiency, due in large part to its freedom from various competing processes seen in other rare-earth dopants. Here we discuss the main features that influence design and possible applications of ytterbium-doped fiber amplifiers View full abstract»

• ### Ultra-Fast Millimeter Wave Beam Steering

Publication Year: 2016, Article Sequence Number: 0600708
Cited by:  Papers (4)
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In this paper, we demonstrate ultra-fast millimeter wave beam steering with settling times below 50 ps. A phased array antenna with two elements is employed to realize beam steering. The phased array feeder is implemented with a recently introduced time delay line that provides, at the same time, an ultra-fast tunability, broadband operation, and continuous tuning. Our implementation is used to pe... View full abstract»

• ### High Reflectivity Hybrid AlGaN/Silver Distributed Bragg Reflectors for Use in the UV-Visible Spectrum

Publication Year: 2017, Article Sequence Number: 2100208
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Indium-free AlGaN-based distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) in the UV spectrum are known to have very low reflectivities due both to the low refractive index contrast as well as limitations imposed by the critical thickness of AlGaN alloys (tensile strain of ~2.41% for AlN on GaN). Near-bandedge excitonic resonances influence the real part of AlGaN's dielectric function, which sharply increases it... View full abstract»

• ### Novel Designs for Efficient Broadband Frequency Doublers Using Singly Pump-Resonant Waveguide and Engineered Chirped Gratings

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):187 - 194
Cited by:  Papers (14)  |  Patents (1)
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Novel engineered step-chirped gratings (SCG) for broadband frequency doublers based on quasi-phase matched second harmonic generation with and without singly pump-resonance in lithium niobate waveguides have been theoretically modeled and simulated taking pump depletion into account, for the first time to our knowledge. It is shown that apodized SCGs flatten the conversion bandwidth which can be i... View full abstract»

• ### Dynamics of Stokes Waves and Pulses Generated by Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in a Resonator Including Highly Nonlinear Fiber

Publication Year: 2016, Article Sequence Number: 6800208
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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We experimentally and theoretically investigate the generation of Stokes waves and the dynamics of pulses produced by cascaded stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in a resonator, including a highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) and an in-cavity erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) forming a multi-wavelength Brillouin erbium-doped fiber laser system. Using coupled wave equations with the Brillouin pump, ... View full abstract»

• ### Sensitive measurement of optical nonlinearities using a single beam

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):760 - 769
Cited by:  Papers (4349)  |  Patents (9)
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A sensitive single-beam technique for measuring both the nonlinear refractive index and nonlinear absorption coefficient for a wide variety of materials is reported. The authors describe the experimental details and present a comprehensive theoretical analysis including cases where nonlinear refraction is accompanied by nonlinear absorption. In these experiments, the transmittance of a sample is m... View full abstract»

• ### 1.3µm Optical Interconnect on Silicon: A Monolithic III-Nitride Nanowire Photonic Integrated Circuit

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s): 1
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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A feasible optical interconnect on a silicon complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor chip demands epitaxial growth and monolithic integration of diode lasers and optical detectors with guided wave components on a (001) Si wafer, with all the components preferably operating in the wavelength range of 1.3-1.55 μm at room temperature. It is also desirable for the fabrication technique to be re... View full abstract»

• ### Image-Free Microwave Photonic Down-Conversion Approach for Fiber-Optic Antenna Remoting

Publication Year: 2017, Article Sequence Number: 9100208
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For commercial and military applications, it is highly desired to acquire broadband radio frequency (RF) signals from remotely located receiving antennas to the central office (CO) for centralized signal processing such as down-conversion. In this paper, a photonic approach for image-free microwave frequency down-conversion is proposed for antenna remoting scenarios. The RF signal is captured by t... View full abstract»

• ### Response Flattening of Efficient Broadband Wavelength Converters Based on Cascaded Sum and Difference Frequency Generation in Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Waveguides

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):1114 - 1120
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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For the single-pass and double-pass wavelength converters based on cascaded sum and difference frequency generation in quasi-phase matched lithium niobate waveguide, we present the criteria for a choice of the waveguide length and the assignment of pump powers to achieve the desired efficiency, ripple and bandwidth with a large pump wavelength difference of 75 nm. It is found that using the double... View full abstract»

• ### Resonant grating waveguide structures

Publication Year: 1997, Page(s):2038 - 2059
Cited by:  Papers (319)  |  Patents (37)
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Under certain conditions, a resonance phenomenon can occur in waveguide grating structures. Such structures have multilayer configuration, the most basic of which is comprised of a substrate, a thin dielectric layer or semiconductor waveguide layer, and an additional transparent layer in which a grating is etched. When such a structure is illuminated with an incident light beam, part of the beam i... View full abstract»

• ### Impact of mode-hopping noise on InGaN edge emitting laser relative intensity noise properties

Publication Year: 2017, Page(s): 1
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In this paper, we report, through a comparative analysis of static and dynamic measurements, on the impact of mode hopping on the overall intensity noise dynamics of InGaN edge emitting lasers. Mode clustering usually observed in InGaN lasers enhances the mode competition and then the laser intensity fluctuation. Variations as large as 20 dB have been observed. The coexistence of longitudinal mode... View full abstract»

• ### Diagnostics, Control and Performance Parameters for the BELLA High Repetition Rate Petawatt Class Laser

Publication Year: 2017, Article Sequence Number: 1200121
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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A laser system producing controllable and stable pulses with high power and ultrashort duration at high repetition rate is a key component of a high energy laser-plasma accelerator (LPA). Precise characterization and control of laser properties are essential to understanding laser-plasma interactions required to build a 10-GeV class LPA. This paper discusses the diagnostics, control and performanc... View full abstract»

• ### Advanced Integration Techniques on Broadband Millimeter-Wave Beam Steering for 5G Wireless Networks and Beyond

Publication Year: 2016, Article Sequence Number: 0600620
Cited by:  Papers (13)
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Recently, the desired very high throughput of 5G wireless networks drives millimeter-wave (mm-wave) communication into practical applications. A phased array technique is required to increase the effective antenna aperture at mm-wave frequency. Integrated solutions of beamforming/beam steering are extremely attractive for practical implementations. After a discussion on the basic principles of rad... View full abstract»

• ### Spectral Control of Near-Field Thermal Radiation With Periodic Cross Resonance Metasurfaces

Publication Year: 2018, Article Sequence Number: 7000107
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Near-field thermal spectra can be engineered using periodic cross resonance metasurfaces. Structures consisting of single crosses, double crosses, and multiple crosses are proposed to control the spectral heat flux from narrow band to broadband with the Fabry-Pérot-cavity-like effect and the interaction between the emitter and receiver. Radiation peaks originating from the cross structures... View full abstract»

• ### Laser ablation and micromachining with ultrashort laser pulses

Publication Year: 1997, Page(s):1706 - 1716
Cited by:  Papers (434)  |  Patents (78)
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The mechanisms of ultrashort-pulse laser ablation of materials are discussed, and the differences to that of long laser pulses are emphasized. Ultrashort laser pulses offer both high laser intensity and precise laser-induced breakdown threshold with reduced laser fluence. The ablation of materials with ultrashort pulses has a very limited heat-affected volume. The advantages of ultrashort laser pu... View full abstract»

• ### Characterisation and Modelling of a Passively Q-Switched Yb:CaF2 Laser

Publication Year: 2017, Article Sequence Number: 1700308
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A diode-pumped, passively Q-switched Yb:CaF2 laser with Cr:YAG saturable absorber has been developed and characterized. A maximum average output power of 737 mW at a repetition rate of 1060 Hz was obtained with slope efficiency of 20%. The output pulse energy was 0.7 mJ with a pulse width of 78 ns giving a peak pulse power of 8.9 kW with a very high beam quality. Laser threshold ... View full abstract»

• ### Wavelength Blue-Shifting and Gain Spectral Bandwidth of InAs/InP Quantum Dots for Laser Applications Around $1.55~mu$ m

Publication Year: 2018, Article Sequence Number: 2000109
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It was found experimentally that growing an ultrathin GaP interlayer/sublayer before InAs quantum dots (QDs) grown on InGaAsP barrier lattice-matched to InP (001) substrates is an efficient way to tune the emission wavelength of InAs/InP QD lasers to 1.55 μm range at room temperature (RT). However, the impact of interlayers/sublayers in InAs/InP QD lasers has not been carefully investigated... View full abstract»

• ### Factors Determining the Carrier Distribution in InGaN/GaN Multiple-Quantum-Well Light-Emitting Diodes

Publication Year: 2018, Page(s): 1
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Factors determining the carrier distribution in InGaN/GaN multiple-quantum-well (MQW) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are studied via photoluminescence, temperature-dependent electroluminescence spectra, and numerical simulations. Employing a dichromatic LED device, we demonstrate that the carrier recombination rate should be considered playing an important role in determining the carrier distributio... View full abstract»

• ### Spectral and Modal Properties of a Mid-IR Spherical Microlaser

Publication Year: 2017, Article Sequence Number: 5700109
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Whispering gallery mode (WGM) lasers are wellknown for their small sizes, low thresholds, and narrow linewidths, and have been the subject of research and development for more than two decades. However most of the initial reports and studies have focused on near-IR and visible WGM microlasers. Recent advances in the synthesis, doping, and processing of high quality mid-IR transparent glasses have ... View full abstract»

• ### Solid-state time-of-flight range camera

Publication Year: 2001, Page(s):390 - 397
Cited by:  Papers (253)  |  Patents (39)
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The concept of a real-time range camera without moving parts is described, based on the time-of-flight (TOF) principle. It operates with modulated visible and near-infrared radiation, which is detected and demodulated simultaneously by a 2-D array of lock-in pixels employing the charge-coupled device principle. Each pixel individually measures the amplitude, offset and phase of the received radiat... View full abstract»

• ### Carrier-induced change in refractive index of InP, GaAs and InGaAsP

Publication Year: 1990, Page(s):113 - 122
Cited by:  Papers (498)  |  Patents (5)
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The change in refractive index Δn produced by injection of free carriers in InP, GaAs, and InGaAsP is theoretically estimated. Bandfilling (Burstein-Moss effect), bandgap shrinkage, and free-carrier absorption (plasma effect) are included. Carrier concentrations of 1016/cm3 to 1019/cm 3 and photon energies of 0.8 to 2.0 eV are considered. ... View full abstract»

• ### Theoretical description of transient stimulated Raman scattering in optical fibers

Publication Year: 1989, Page(s):2665 - 2673
Cited by:  Papers (360)  |  Patents (1)
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The authors derive a single-wave equation which describes transient stimulated Raman scattering in optical fibers. The equation is valid for forward traveling waves whose bandwidths are less than ≈1/3 the carrier frequency. It correctly conserves a classical photon number and not the total optical energy as is appropriate for Raman scattering problems. From this equation, the authors derive a f... View full abstract»

• ### Intensity Noise Transfer Through a Diode-Pumped Titanium Sapphire Laser System

Publication Year: 2018, Article Sequence Number: 1700209
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In this paper, we investigate the noise performance and transfer in a titanium sapphire (Ti:S) laser system. This system consists of a distributed Bragg-reflector tapered diode laser, which is frequency doubled in two cascaded nonlinear crystals and used to pump the Ti:S laser oscillator. This investigation includes electrical noise characterizations of the utilized power supplies, the optical noi... View full abstract»

• ### Numerical simulation of intensity and phase noise from extracted parameters for CW DFB lasers

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):934 - 941
Cited by:  Papers (21)
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A self-consistent numerical approach is demonstrated to analyze intensity and phase noise from experimentally extracted parameters for a continuous-wave distributed feedback (DFB) laser. The approach takes into account the intrinsic fluctuations of the photon number, carrier number, and phase. Values for the parameters appearing in the rate equations are extracted from the measured relative intens... View full abstract»

• ### Self-phase modulation and spectral broadening of optical pulses in semiconductor laser amplifiers

Publication Year: 1989, Page(s):2297 - 2306
Cited by:  Papers (680)  |  Patents (3)
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Amplification of ultrashort optical pulses in semiconductor laser amplifiers is shown to result in considerable spectral broadening and distortion as a result of the nonlinear phenomenon of self-phase modulation (SPM). The physical mechanism behind SPM is gain saturation, which leads to intensity-dependent changes in the refractive index in response to variations in the carrier density. The effect... View full abstract»

• ### Stochastic Differential Equation Model for Spontaneous Emission and Carrier Noise in Semiconductor Lasers

Publication Year: 2018, Article Sequence Number: 2000206
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We present a new stochastic differential equation model for the spontaneous emission noise and carrier noise in semiconductor lasers. The correlations between these two types of noise have often been neglected in recent studies of the effects of the noise on the laser dynamics. However, the classic results of Henry show that the intensity noise and the carrier noise are strongly negatively correla... View full abstract»

• ### Characterization of arbitrary femtosecond pulses using frequency-resolved optical gating

Publication Year: 1993, Page(s):571 - 579
Cited by:  Papers (375)  |  Patents (13)
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The frequency-resolved optical gating (FROG) technique for characterizing and displaying arbitrary femtosecond pulses is presented. The method is simple, general, broadband, and does not require a reference pulse. Using virtually any instantaneous nonlinear-optical effect, FROG involves measuring the spectrum of the signal pulse as a function of the delay between two input pulses. The resulting tr... View full abstract»

• ### 38-GHz Millimeter Wave Beam Steered Fiber Wireless Systems for 5G Indoor Coverage: Architectures, Devices, and Links

Publication Year: 2017, Article Sequence Number: 8000109
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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Millimeter wave (mm-wave) beam steering is a key technique for the next generation (5G) wireless communication. The 28 and 38-GHz bands are widely considered as the candidates for 5G. In the context of indoor coverage, fiber-wireless systems with multiple simplified remote antenna sites are attractive to avoid the indoor coverage problem caused by the high wall penetration loss of mm-wave signals.... View full abstract»

• ### Photonics-Assisted Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communication

Publication Year: 2017, Article Sequence Number: 8000517
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High-speed millimeter-wave (mm-wave) wireless transmission at 40 Gb/s or higher will be required in the near future. Due to bottleneck in electrical devices, mm-wave wireless signal at such high bit rates cannot be generated in an all-electrical method. Photonics-assisted mm-wave generation technology has become an effective solution to handle this problem of bandwidth limitation. Recent efforts w... View full abstract»

• ### Millimeter-Wave and Terahertz-Wave Applications Enabled by Photonics

Publication Year: 2016, Article Sequence Number: 0600912
Cited by:  Papers (7)
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This paper describes continuous millimeter-wave and terahertz (THz)-wave applications, where telecom-based photonics technologies are efficiently employed to enhance their performance. First, 300-GHz-band wireless communications are described toward real-time error-free transmissions at 50 Gbit/s and beyond. Next, a novel approach to increase a phase measurement sensitivity in THz frequency-domain... View full abstract»

• ### Analysis of the Public Channel of Quantum Key Distribution Link

Publication Year: 2017, Article Sequence Number: 9300408
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Quantum key distribution (QKD) relies on the laws of physics to establish a symmetric binary key between remote parties. A QKD link involves the realization of a quantum channel for the transmission of quantum key material encoded in certain photon properties, as well as a public channel for verification of the exchanged key material. This paper deals with the mutual dependence of these channels a... View full abstract»

• ### Corrosion-Based Failure of Oxide-Aperture VCSELs

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):1045 - 1052
Cited by:  Papers (2)
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Oxide vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) have been known to have a premature failure mode when operated in the presence of atmospheric water vapor, due to corrosion failure. However, information on the precise chain of failure has not previously been available. In this paper, we start by showing the field failure results in a large particle-physics application with 6,000 deployed cha... View full abstract»

• ### Thermal, stress, and thermo-optic effects in high average power double-clad silica fiber lasers

Publication Year: 2001, Page(s):207 - 217
Cited by:  Papers (164)  |  Patents (5)
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Yb:glass fiber lasers have matured to the point where the average power scaling of such devices to the kilowatt level and beyond can be realistically pursued. In this paper, we present a comprehensive study of thermal, stress, and average power scaling in double-clad silica fiber lasers. We show that careful management of thermal effects in fiber lasers will determine the efficiency and success of... View full abstract»

## Aims & Scope

The IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics is dedicated to the publication of manuscripts reporting novel experimental or theoretical results in the broad field of the science and technology of quantum electronics.

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## Meet Our Editors

Editor-in-Chief
Prof. Hon Ki Tsang
Chinese University of Hong Kong