Analysis of the Influences of Polarization-dependent Nonlinear Gain and Nonlinear Polarization Rotation on Optical Sampling in Semiconductor Optical Amplifier

Author

Liu, Maotong ; Yang, Aiying ; Sun, Yu-nan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Photo-electron. Eng., Beijing Inst. of Technol.

fYear

2006

fDate

24-27 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

A new theoretical model is presented to describe polarization-dependent nonlinear gain in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) on subpicosecond timescales. Based on this model, the influences of nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) on pulsed four-wave mixing (FWM) in SOA used for optical sampling are discussed. The numerical results are in good agreement with reported experimental measurements

Keywords

light polarisation; multiwave mixing; optical information processing; optical rotation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal sampling; FWM; SOA; nonlinear polarization rotation; optical sampling; polarization-dependent nonlinear gain; pulsed four-wave mixing; semiconductor optical amplifier; subpicosecond timescales; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical saturation; Optical variables control; Optical wavelength conversion; Sampling methods; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication & Optoelectronic Exposition & Conference, 2006. AOE 2006. Asian

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-0-9789217-0-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AOE.2006.307353

Filename

4100055