Title :
Carrier-density evolution in polarization sensitive semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Pillai, B. S Gopalakrishna ; Nirmalathas, A. ; Lim, C. ; Premaratne, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Vic.
Abstract :
We derive analytical expressions for carrier-density evolution along a polarization-sensitive semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) that have a range of signal processing applications. The analytical results closely match those obtained through numerical simulations in MATLABtrade
Keywords :
carrier density; numerical analysis; optical information processing; semiconductor optical amplifiers; MATLAB; SOA; carrier-density evolution; numerical simulations; polarization sensitive semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal processing applications; Computer networks; Optical computing; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Systems engineering and theory; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Devices, 2006. NUSOD '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanyang Technological University, Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore, China
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9755-X
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2006.306754
