Title :
Four-wave mixing between short optical pulses in semiconductor optical amplifiers with the consideration of fast gain saturation
Author :
Xie, Chongjin ; Ye, Peida ; Lin, Jintong
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. Center, Beijing Univ. of Sci. & Technol., China
fDate :
5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
With the consideration of fast gain saturation, an approximate analytical solution of nondegenerate four-wave mixing between short optical pulses in a semiconductor optical amplifier is presented. It is simple and agrees well with the rigorous solution. In addition, conditions for the optimum pump input energy and the time delay between the pulses are also investigated.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; multiwave mixing; optical pumping; optical saturation; optimisation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; approximate analytical solution; fast gain saturation; four-wave mixing; nondegenerate four-wave mixing; optimum pump input energy; rigorous solution; semiconductor optical amplifier; semiconductor optical amplifiers; short optical pulses; time delay; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
