Title :
Microwave photonic true time delay based on cross gain modulation in semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Xue, Weiqi ; Mork, Jesper
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate microwave time delays in a semiconductor optical amplifier by cross gain modulation. In the counter-propagation configuration, ~10.5 ps tunable true time delay over a microwave bandwidth of several tens of GHz is obtained.
Keywords :
optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; counter-propagation configuration; cross gain modulation; microwave photonic true time delay; microwave time delays; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Delay effects; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave photonics; Optical attenuators; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6785-3
