Title :
Impact of Carrier Heating on SOA Dynamics for Wavelength Conversion
Author :
Dailey, J.M. ; Koch, T.L.
Author_Institution :
Center for Opt. Technol., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA
Abstract :
Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs) have shown significant promise for all-optical wavelength conversion due to their highly nonlinear behavior. Conversion has been demonstrated using both cross-gain and cross-phase modulation, the latter in both integrated interferometer designs as well as filter arrangements following an SOA. It is imperative to understand in detail the SOA saturation and recovery dynamics both to optimize wavelength converter design and to examine practicality of wavelength conversion at speeds beyond 40 Gb/s
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA dynamics; all-optical wavelength conversion; carrier heating; cross-gain modulation; cross-phase modulation; nonlinear behavior; recovery dynamics; saturation dynamics; semiconductor optical amplifier; Heating; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical wavelength conversion; Plasma temperature; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Spectrogram; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.278921
