Title :
Gain recovery in columnar quantum dot SOA at 1550 nm
Author :
Contestabile, G. ; Maruta, A. ; Kitayama, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Inf. Eng., Osaka Univ., Suita, Japan
Abstract :
We report the experimental characterization of the gain recovery of a columnar-quantum-dot SOA (CQD-SOA) at 1550 nm. We find a three-step recovery process that allows 85% gain recovery in 10 ps and 100% in 30 ps.
Keywords :
semiconductor optical amplifiers; semiconductor quantum dots; columnar quantum dot SOA; semiconductor optical amplifiers; three-step recovery process; time 10 ps; time 30 ps; wavelength 1550 nm; Bandwidth; Gain; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Quantum dots; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
