Title :
All optical switching triode based on cross-gain modulation in semiconductor optical amplifier
Author :
Huh, J.-H. ; Homma, H. ; Nakayama, H. ; Maeda, Y.
Author_Institution :
Toyota Technol. Inst., Nagoya
Abstract :
This work realized that all-optical triode based on negative feedback optical amplification effect in InGaAsP/ InP semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) and functioned as an optical switching device with high output modulation degree up to 8 GHz.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; indium compounds; laser feedback; optical modulation; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; triodes; InGaAsP-InP; SOA; all-optical switching triode; cross-gain modulation; negative feedback optical amplification effect; output modulation; semiconductor optical amplifier; Mirrors; Negative feedback; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; all-optical switching triode; cross-gain modulation (XGM); negative feedback effect; semiconductor optical amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2007
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1121-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1122-X
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2007.4300756