DocumentCode
1013843
Title
Impact of Carrier Heating on SOA Transmission Dynamics for Wavelength Conversion
Author
Dailey, James M. ; Koch, Thomas L.
Author_Institution
Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem
Volume
19
Issue
14
fYear
2007
fDate
7/15/2007 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1078
Lastpage
1080
Abstract
Complex-valued time-resolved transmission characteristics of a semiconductor optical amplifier are measured using a spectrogram technique. A relatively simple traveling-wave density matrix model is implemented that accurately captures the evolution of complex index due to stimulated emission and carrier heating. The model shows good agreement with experimental spectrogram data.
Keywords
optical wavelength conversion; semiconductor optical amplifiers; stimulated emission; SOA; carrier heating; complex-valued time-resolved transmission characteristics; semiconductor optical amplifier; spectrogram technique; stimulated emission; traveling-wave density matrix model; wavelength conversion; Aerodynamics; Heating; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Spectrogram; Stimulated emission; Wavelength measurement; Hot carriers; optical frequency conversion; semiconductor device modeling; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs);
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2007.899850
Filename
4252134
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