Title :
Measurements of gain and phase dynamics of a semiconductor optical amplifier using spectrograms
Author :
Kang, Inuk ; Dorrer, Chrisophe
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The temporal dynamics of the gain and phase of a pump-modulated SOA are measured using the spectrogram technique. The phase response is temporally delayed owing to the ultrafast nonlinear processes. We also measure the pattern dependence at 40 Gb/s.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser variables measurement; nonlinear optics; optical information processing; optical modulation; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectral analysis; 40 Gbit/s; gain measurement; pattern dependence measurement; phase dynamics; phase response; pump-modulated SOA; semiconductor optical amplifier; spectrograms; temporal dynamics; ultrafast nonlinear processes;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
