Title :
Novel extended SOAs model for applications in very high-speed systems and its experimental validation
Author :
Bogoni, Antonella ; Potì, Luca ; Bizzi, Alessio ; Scaffardi, Mirco ; Reale, Andrea
Author_Institution :
CNIT, Pisa, Italy
fDate :
7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel model for current-induced gain saturated semiconductor optical amplifiers including the gain recovery dynamics is presented. An experimentally validation is also reported with practical application in an all-optical modulator for ultrafast transmission.
Keywords :
electro-optical modulation; high-speed optical techniques; optical saturation; optical transmitters; semiconductor device models; semiconductor optical amplifiers; all-optical modulator; current-induced gain saturated semiconductor optical amplifiers; extended SOA model; gain recovery dynamics; ultrafast transmission; very high-speed systems; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical saturation; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2002.1012380
