Title :
Large signal dynamics of slow and fast light propagation in semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Duill, Seán Ó ; Shumakher, Evgeny ; Eisenstein, Gadi
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
Abstract :
A full model for the phase of detected sinusoidal signals with large modulation indices after propagation through a semiconductor optical amplifier is presented with a comparison to a small signal model and an experimental confirmation.
Keywords :
light propagation; optical modulation; optical signal detection; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slow light; fast light propagation; large-signal dynamics; modulation indices; semiconductor optical amplifiers; sinusoidal signal detection; slow light propagation; small-signal model; Fast light; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Phase detection; Phase modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Signal detection; 190.4380 Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing.; 250.5980 Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
