Wavelength dependence and cross polarization effects of nonlinear switching in an all-semiconductor-optical-amplifier loop device

Author

Jiun-Haw Lee ; Ding-An Wang ; Hsin-Jiun Chiang ; Ding-Wei Huang ; Gurtler, S. ; Yang, C.C. ; Yean-Woei Kiang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ., Taipei, Taiwan

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

123

Abstract

Summary form only given. We report the experimental and simulation results of the wavelength dependence and cross polarization effects of nonlinear switching in an all-semiconductor-optical-amplifier loop device. For input/output coupling, a multimode interference (MMI) amplifier was connected to the loop. The observed nonlinear switching comes from the combined effect of the nonlinear coupling in the MMI amplifier and the lateral wave field redistribution caused by the loop. The semiconductor optical amplifiers were fabricated on a four-period GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum well epitaxial structure.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; light interference; light polarisation; nonlinear optics; optical switches; quantum well lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; GaAs-AlGaAs; MMI amplifier; all-semiconductor-optical-amplifier loop device; cross polarization effects; four-period GaAs/AlGaAs multiple quantum well epitaxial structure; input/output coupling; lateral wave field redistribution; multimode interference amplifier; nonlinear coupling; nonlinear switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength dependence; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor waveguides; Tellurium; Waveguide lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.833971

Filename

833971