• DocumentCode
    1298880
  • Title

    Optical signal amplification at 1.3 μm by two-wave mixing in InP:Fe

  • Author

    Bylsma, R.B. ; Glass, A.M.

  • Author_Institution
    AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    3/17/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    360
  • Lastpage
    362
  • Abstract
    Two-wave mixing experiments demonstrate amplification of optical signals using the photorefractive effect in InP:Fe. Signal beam amplification was obtained at both 1.06 μm and 1.32 μm with gains of 13 dB/cm and 11 dB/cm, using alternating electric fields of up to ±104 V/cm. Differential amplification at data rates exceeding the material response time is demonstrated
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; electro-optical effects; indium compounds; iron; nonlinear optics; optical communication; optical information processing; optical parametric amplifiers; photorefractive effect; 1.06 micron; 1.32 micron; III-V semiconductors; InP:Fe; alternating electric fields; data rates; material response time; nonlinear optics; optical communication; optical information processing; optical signal amplification; photorefractive effect; two-wave mixing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    8218