Title :
Slow and superluminal light based on four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Pesala, Bala ; Chen, Zhangyuan ; Uskov, Alexander V. ; Chang-Hasnain, Connie
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
Both optically and electrically controllable slow and superluminal light are demonstrated via four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers. Tunable delays up to 1.2 ns are achieved for 0.5 GHz, corresponding to a RF phase change of 1.2 p.
Keywords :
delays; multiwave mixing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; four-wave mixing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slow light; superluminal light; tunable delays; Delay; Fiber nonlinear optics; Four-wave mixing; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Optical saturation; Probes; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (230.1150) All-optical devices; (230.4320) Nonlinear optical devices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627895
