Title :
Measurement of SOA differential carrier lifetimes and α-factors using SOA optical modulation responses
Author :
Lee, Ki-Hyuk ; Choi, Woo-Young
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
We demonstrate a new technique of measuring differential carrier lifetimes and linewidth enhancement factors in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) using the modulation responses of a self-gain modulated SOA with and without fiber transmission for various SOA input optical powers.
Keywords :
carrier lifetime; optical fibres; optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; α-factors; SOA measurement; SOA optical modulation response; differential carrier lifetime; fiber transmission; linewidth enhancement factor; optical power; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Charge carrier lifetime; Electric variables measurement; Frequency measurement; Frequency response; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253088
