Title :
THz-Bandwidth Fast Light in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for Two Pulses in Rapid Succession
Author :
Sedgwick, F.G. ; Pesala, B. ; Uskov, A.V. ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J.
Author_Institution :
California Univ., Berkeley
fDate :
July 29 2007-Aug. 11 2007
Abstract :
We demonstrate fast light advance of 2.7 pulse widths for sub-picosecond pulses in a single semiconductor optical amplifier. Two such pulses, separated by 7 ps, can also be advanced more than 1.8 pulse widths each.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication network routing; all-optical network; packet switched network; router; semiconductor optical amplifiers; subpicosecond pulses; terahertz-bandwidth fast light; time 7 ps; Bandwidth; Delay; Fast light; Fiber lasers; Light scattering; Optical pulses; Optical scattering; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Nano-Optoelectronics Workshop, 2007. i-NOW '07. International
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1591-5
DOI :
10.1109/INOW.2007.4302940
