Title :
Chirped-pulse slow and fast light in SOA with a record delay-bandwidth product of 10.7
Author :
Sedgwick, F.G. ; Pesala, Bala ; Chang-Hasnain, C.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
A delay-bandwidth product of 10.7 is achieved using ultra-fast intraband nonlinearities in semiconductor optical amplifiers to generate fast light. A novel chirped-pulse scheme enhances the fast light effect and generates delays in addition to advance.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; laser beams; nonlinear optics; optical pulse generation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; chirped-pulse scheme; chirped-pulse slow light; delay-bandwidth product; fast light generation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; ultra-fast intraband nonlinearities; Chirp; Delay; Fast light; Optical attenuators; Optical pulses; Optical saturation; Optical wavelength conversion; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (250.5980) Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers; (999.9999) Slow Light;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
