Optical Bistability and Nonlinear Switching in 1550 nm VCSOAs

Author

Hurtado, A. ; Adams, M.J. ; Henning, I.D.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Essex, Colchester

Volume

2

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

30

Lastpage

33

Abstract

This paper deals with the nonlinear optical behaviour of 1550 nm vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers (VCSOAs). Recent progress in studies of nonlinear gain, optical bistability and two-wavelength switching is reviewed. Functionality in the parameter space of optical power, frequency and polarisation is demonstrated experimentally and confirmed by theoretical calculations. Potential applications are foreseen in all- optical signal processing and optical switching/routing.

Keywords

nonlinear optics; optical bistability; semiconductor optical amplifiers; VCSOA; nonlinear gain; nonlinear optical behaviour; nonlinear switching; optical bistability; optical routing; optical signal processing; optical switching; two-wavelength switching; vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers; Clocks; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical signal processing; Power semiconductor switches; Resonance; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; all-optical switching; optical bistability; semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296132

Filename

4296132