Title :
Four-Wave Mixing Characteristics with Optimum Time-Delays Between Pump-Probe Pulses in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
Author :
Das, Narottam Kumar ; Nemai Chandra Karmakar ; Yamayoshi, Yasuhiro ; Kawaguchi, Hitoshi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic.
Abstract :
We have analyzed the four-wave mixing (FWM) characteristics with optimum time-delays between pump and probe pulses in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) by the finite-difference beam propagation method (FD-BPM). The study of FWM characteristics with optimum time-delays between pump and probe pulses in SOAs has the importance to achieve the high FWM conversion efficiency and to clarify the timing jitter. From the simulations, we have clarified that the FWM conversion efficiency increases with optimum time-delays between pump and probe pulses. In the experiment, we have found the same tendency. Therefore, we have obtained an excellent agreement between the simulation and experimental results of FWM characteristics with optimum time-delays between pulses in SOAs.
Keywords :
finite difference methods; multiwave mixing; optical pulse generation; probes; semiconductor optical amplifiers; timing jitter; finite-difference beam propagation method; four-wave mixing characteristics; optimum time-delays; pump-probe pulses; semiconductor optical amplifiers; timing jitter; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical computing; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Probes; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006. ICECE '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dhaka
Print_ISBN :
98432-3814-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICECE.2006.355284
