An investigation of gain and gain frequency spectrum in a semiconductor optical amplifier using numerical representation

Author

Zyabari, Seyed Ali Sedigh ; Farshi, M. K Moravvej ; Zarificar, A. ; Mirzakuchaki, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Islamic Azad Univ. of Khalkhal of Iran, Tehran, Iran

fYear

2004

Abstract

This paper presents a model to simulate the behavior of a semiconductor optical amplifier. First, the mathematical model governing the dynamic behavior of the semiconductor is developed and then the equations are solved by the finite difference method. The results of the numerical simulation are used to determine the characteristics of the amplifier such as the stimulated and spontaneous emission photon rate as well as the gain due to the input power and bias current change and the gain frequency spectrum. Gain due to the simultaneous change of the input signal´s wavelength and the bias current can also be calculated.

Keywords

circuit simulation; finite difference methods; mathematical analysis; photons; semiconductor optical amplifiers; bias current change; dynamic behavior; finite difference method; gain frequency spectrum; input power; mathematical model; numerical representation; semiconductor optical amplifier; spontaneous emission photon rate; Doped fiber amplifiers; Equations; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Mathematical model; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Electronics, 2004. ICSE 2004. IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8658-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SMELEC.2004.1620954

Filename

1620954