• DocumentCode
    2150215
  • Title

    Experimental demonstration of optical speed-up at transparency in semiconductor optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Hessler, T.P. ; Dupertuis, M.A. ; Deveaud, B. ; Emery, J.Y. ; Dagens, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Quantum Electron. & Photonics, Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Abstract
    Optical speed-up at transparency (OSAT) is experimentally demonstrated. A holding beam of 100 mW decreases the recovery time of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) by a third without changing its gain. OSAT is found to be effective over 20 nm around transparency and applicable to long SOA.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; nonlinear optics; optical repeaters; optical transmitters; optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; transparency; wavelength division multiplexing; holding beam; optical speed-up at transparency; recovery time; semiconductor optical amplifier; transparency; High speed optical techniques; Laser excitation; Optical devices; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical wavelength conversion; Photonics; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    All-Optical Networking: Existing and Emerging Architecture and Applications/Dynamic Enablers of Next-Generation Optical Communications Systems/Fast Optical Processing in Optical Transmission/VCSEL and
  • ISSN
    1099-4742
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7378-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2002.1027581
  • Filename
    1027581