Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Pulse Propagation Model

Author

Connelly, Michael J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Opt. Commun. Res. Group, Univ. of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

Volume

24

Issue

2

fYear

2012

Firstpage

95

Lastpage

97

Abstract

A simple time-domain model for optical pulse propagation in a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) is described. The RSOA saturation energy, effective carrier lifetime, and spectral hole-burning parameters used in the model are determined using experimental measurements of the input and output pulse temporal profiles to the RSOA and least mean-square fitting. The model accurately predicts the propagation of 39.6 ps pulsewidth variable energy pulses in the RSOA. The model is used to predict the RSOA gain dynamics, spatial dependence of the pulse shape, and dynamic chirp.

Keywords

least mean squares methods; optical pulse generation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; effective carrier lifetime; least mean square fitting; optical pulse propagation; pulse propagation model; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; simple time domain model; spectral hole burning parameters; Chirp; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Predictive models; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Pulse propagation modeling; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2011.2173184

Filename

6058584