Title :
Experimental characterization of simultaneous gain pumping and depletion in a semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Tian, Yue ; Fok, Mable P. ; Prucnal, PAul R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally characterize gain-pumping in a semiconductor optical amplifier and combine gain-pumping and gain-depletion effects that can enable complex all-optical signal processing functions.
Keywords :
optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; complex all-optical signal processing; gain depletion; gain pumping; semiconductor optical amplifier; Charge carrier density; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
