Author :
Hu, M.H. ; Caneau, C. ; Liu, X. ; Nishiyama, N. ; Nguyen, H.K. ; Leblanc, H. ; Visovsky, N. ; Zah, C.E.
Abstract :
A parasitic-free technique using outband optical modulation for measuring a semiconductor optical amplifier´s (SOA´s) dynamic response is proposed. It is demonstrated that a counter-propagating scheme is useful in measuring the carrier lifetimes and the response obtained with a co-propagating scheme includes the transmission function of an SOA.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; carrier lifetime; dynamic response; indium compounds; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; semiconductor quantum wells; InP; SOA; carrier lifetime; counter-propagating scheme; dynamic response; intrinsic dynamic measurement; outband optical modulation; parasitic-free technique; semiconductor optical amplifier; transmission function;
