Research Catalog

Title

Semiconductor Raman lasers / Ken Suto, Jun-ichi Nishizawa.

Author

Suto, Ken.

Publication

Boston : Artech House, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

Nishizawa, Jun'ichi, 1926-2018.

Description

ix, 226 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

• Semiconductor lasers
• Brillouin scattering
• Laser communication systems
• Raman effect

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Ch. 1. Introduction. 1.1. Semiconductor Raman Lasers for Optical Communications. 1.2. History of Studies of Raman and Brillouin Lasers. 1.3. Components and Systems in Wideband Optical Communications -- Ch. 2. Principles of Raman Laser Operation. 2.1. Lattice Vibration in Semiconductors. 2.2. Raman Scattering. 2.3. Light Amplification by Stimulated Raman Scattering. 2.4. Optical Fields in the Resonator and the Output Power. 2.5. Raman Amplification in Optical Fiber -- Ch. 3. Bulk Semiconductor Raman Laser. 3.1. Fundamental Characteristics of the Semiconductor Raman Laser. 3.2. Internal Loss Mechanisms in the GaP Raman Laser. 3.3. Homoepitaxial GaP Raman Laser. 3.4. Regenerative Amplification. 3.5. Modulation of the Semiconductor Raman Laser. 3.6. Parametric Gain of the Polariton Mode. 3.7. Generation of Far-Infrared Radiation -- Ch. 4. Semiconductor Brillouin Laser. 4.1. Principle of the Stimulated Brillouin Scattering. 4.2. Experiments on the Semiconductor Brillouin Laser. 4.3. Fiber Brillouin Laser.
• Ch. 5. Heterostructure Raman Laser. 5.1. Fundamentals of the Heterostructure Raman Laser. 5.2. Buried Waveguide Raman Laser with Multimode Pumping. 5.3. Raman Laser Pumped with a Fundamental Mode. 5.4. Raman Laser at Shorter Wavelengths. 5.5. Tapered-Waveguide Raman Laser -- Ch. 6. Fabrication Method of the Semiconductor Waveguide. 6.1. Principle of Stoichiometry - Controlled Liquid Phase Epitaxy. 6.2. Al[subscript x]Ga[subscript l-x]P-GaP Heteroepitaxy. 6.3. Free Carriers and Deep Levels in the Grown Layers. 6.4. Dry Etching Technique for the Waveguide Fabrication -- Ch. 7. Amplification and Demodulation in Wideband Optical Communication. 7.1. Fiber Amplifiers. 7.2. Laser Diode Amplifier. 7.3. Demodulation by the Raman Laser in Wideband Optical Communication -- Ch. 8. Future of the Semiconductor Raman Laser. 8.1. High-Coherency Nature of the Raman Oscillator. 8.2. Lightwave Mixing in the Raman Waveguide. 8.3. Materials and Fabrication Techniques for the Raman Laser.

ISBN

0890066671

LCCN

94021067

OCLC

ocm30663783

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries