Characterization of XGM and XPM in a SOA-MZI using a Linear Frequency Resolved Gating Technique

Author

Ng, T.T. ; Pérez, A. ; Sales, S. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Petropoulos, P.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Southampton, Southampton

fYear

2007

fDate

21-25 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

656

Lastpage

657

Abstract

This paper presents a study of semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) response behaviour using a linear frequency resolved gating technique (L-FROG). Using a SOA-MZI in a pump-probe configuration, both the cross gain modulation (XGM) and cross phase modulation (XPM) response to picosecond-long pump signals are investigated. This study also shows a better understanding of the nonlinear behaviour of SOA devices, and proves the applicability of L-FROG techniques for the complete characterisation of fast optical device response behaviour.

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; high-speed optical techniques; nonlinear optics; optical modulation; phase modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA-MZI device; cross gain modulation; cross phase modulation; fast optical device response; linear frequency resolved gating; nonlinear behaviour; picosecond-long pump signals; pump-probe configuration; semiconductor optical amplifier; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical modulation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pumping; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lake Buena Vista, FL

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0925-9

Electronic_ISBN

1092-8081

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382577

Filename

4382577