• DocumentCode
    2252102
  • Title

    Experimental characterization of simultaneous gain pumping and depletion in a semiconductor optical amplifier

  • Author

    Tian, Yue ; Fok, Mable P. ; Prucnal, PAul R.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally characterize gain-pumping in a semiconductor optical amplifier and combine gain-pumping and gain-depletion effects that can enable complex all-optical signal processing functions.
  • Keywords
    optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; complex all-optical signal processing; gain depletion; gain pumping; semiconductor optical amplifier; Charge carrier density; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951103