Analysis of the Dynamic Responses of SOA Wavelength Converters Using Linear Frequency Resolved Gating Technique

Author

Perez-Pardo, A. ; Ng, T.T. ; Petropoulos, P. ; Sales, S. ; Richardson, D.J.

Author_Institution

Opt. & Quantum Commun. Group, Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia

Volume

20

Issue

13

fYear

2008

fDate

7/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1079

Lastpage

1081

Abstract

This letter demonstrates the applicability of the linear frequency resolved optical gating technique for the complete characterization of the fast dynamic response of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) when operating as wavelength converters. We have investigated both the cross-gain modulation and cross-phase modulation responses to short pump signals, using an SOA Mach-Zehnder interferometer in a pump-probe configuration. A blind deconvolution algorithm has then been used to retrieve the electric field profiles of both the signal and the gate function.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; deconvolution; dynamic response; optical information processing; optical modulation; optical wavelength conversion; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA Mach-Zehnder interferometer; SOA wavelength converters; blind deconvolution algorithm; cross-gain modulation response; cross-phase modulation response; dynamic response analysis; electric field profiles retrieval; gate function; linear frequency resolved gating technique; optical data processing; pump-probe configuration; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal function; Frequency conversion; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal resolution; Stimulated emission; Dynamic response; optical data processing; phase measurement; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2008.924294

Filename

4531627