DocumentCode
1384728
Title
Optical switching in the twin-guide Fabry-Perot laser amplifier
Author
Adams, M.J. ; Mace, David A H ; Singh, Jaspal ; Fisher, Michael A.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Res. Lab., Ipswich, UK
Volume
26
Issue
10
fYear
1990
fDate
10/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1764
Lastpage
1771
Abstract
A recently developed theory of the twin-guide Fabry-Perot laser amplifier has been extended to include the case of optically induced switching. The effect of feedback from the facets serves to dramatically decrease the optical power required for switching as compared to that for a traveling-wave amplifier, but at the expense of accurate control of input wavelength. Switching is predicted at input powers on the order of microwatts, in good agreement with a first experimental demonstration of the effect
Keywords
feedback; laser theory; optical switches; optical waveguide theory; semiconductor junction lasers; diode lasers; feedback; input powers; input wavelength; nonlinear optical switching; optical power; optically induced switching; switching power requirements; twin-guide Fabry-Perot laser amplifier; Couplers; Fabry-Perot; Laser feedback; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical feedback; Optical saturation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/3.60900
Filename
60900
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