Title :
Simple model for optical pulse propagation in a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Connelly, M.J. ; O´Riordan, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Opt. Commun. Res. Group, Univ. of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Abstract :
A simple time-domain model is presented that can predict optical pulse propagation in reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers (RSOAs). The RSOA saturation energy, effective lifetime and material gain coefficient parameters used in the model are determined using experimental measurements of the input and output pulse temporal profiles to the RSOA and Levenberg-Marquardt parameter extraction algorithm. The model accurately predicts the propagation of 50.4 ps pulsewidth high-power pulses in the RSOA.
Keywords :
light propagation; light reflection; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Levenberg-Marquardt parameter extraction algorithm; effective lifetime; material gain coefficient; optical pulse propagation; pulsewidth high-power pulses; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; saturation energy; time-domain model; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical reflection; Optical wavelength conversion; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2010 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7016-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2158-3234
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2010.5595677
