Title :
Experimental demonstration of slow light via four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Chen, Zhangyuan ; Pesala, Bala ; Chang-Hasnain, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., CA
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally the generation of slow light at room temperature via four-wave mixing in SOAs. Tunable delays up to 913 ps was obtained at 0.5 GHz, corresponding to a record delay-bandwidth product of 0.46
Keywords :
delays; multiwave mixing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 0.5 GHz; 293 to 298 K; 913 ps; delay-bandwidth product; four-wave mixing; room temperature; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slow light; tunable delays; Delay; Four-wave mixing; Frequency; Laser excitation; Optical buffering; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Slow light; Temperature; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215638
