• DocumentCode
    2965941
  • Title

    Theoretical and experimental study of chirped-pulse slow and fast light using semiconductor optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Pesala, B. ; Sedgwick, F.G. ; Uskov, A.V. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    2-15 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    193
  • Lastpage
    194
  • Abstract
    We present theoretical study of fast and slow light in a chirp-compensate semiconductor optical amplifier scheme. We obtain excellent match with experimental results. Using this model, we predict that a delay-bandwidth product of 33 can be attained with properly chosen parameters.
  • Keywords
    chirp modulation; self-phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slow light; SOAs; chirp-compensate semiconductor optical amplifier; chirped-pulse fast light; chirped-pulse slow light; delay-bandwidth product; self-phase modulation; Chirp modulation; Delay; Fast light; Optical pulses; Predictive models; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Scanning probe microscopy; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Slow light;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop, 2008. i-NOW 2008. International
  • Conference_Location
    Shonan Village
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2656-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/INOW.2008.4634506
  • Filename
    4634506