Title :
Nonlinear dynamics of semiconductor optical amplifiers for high speed all-optical switching
Author :
Yong Liu ; Xiu Zheng ; Ligong Chen ; Rongguo Lu ; Yali Zhang ; Shangjian Zhang
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Electron. Thin Films & Integrated Devices, Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
The nonlinear dynamics of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) are investigated. We focus on the nonlinear gain, phase and chirp dynamics that can be used for high speed all-optical switching. Ultrafast component in the phase dynamics is observed. We explain this phenomenon by using a numerical model that includes the impact of sub-picosecond intra-band effects in the SOA. In addition, we also investigate the chirp properties, and analyze the influences of chirp dynamics upon the detuned-filtering-based optical switches that can realize more than 160 Gbit/s operating speed. The results are useful for SOA-based high speed all-optical switching in photonic networks.
Keywords :
optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA-based high speed all-optical switching; chirp properties; detuned-filtering-based optical switches; nonlinear dynamics; nonlinear gain; semiconductor optical amplifiers; sub-picosecond intra-band effects; ultrafast component; Chirp; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical signal processing; Optical switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ultrafast optics; All-optical switching; optical signal processing; semiconductor optical amplifier; ultrafast nonlinear optics;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Infocomm Technology (ICAIT), 2013 6th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hsinchu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0464-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICAIT.2013.6621472
