DocumentCode
2148797
Title
Optical Bistability and Nonlinear Gain in a 1550 nm-Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (VCSOA) with High On-Off Contrast Ratio
Author
Hurtado, A. ; Henning, I.D. ; Adams, M.J.
Author_Institution
Essex Univ., Colchester
fYear
2007
fDate
17-22 June 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
This paper reports on the experimental observation of power and wavelength optical bistability (OB) and nonlinear gain in a 1550 nm- vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifier (VCSOA) biased just below threshold and operated in reflection. Two different shapes of power and wavelength OB and nonlinear gain, anticlockwise and clockwise, have been experimentally observed, both with high on-off contrast ratio.
Keywords
amplification; nonlinear optics; optical bistability; semiconductor optical amplifiers; nonlinear gain; on-off contrast ratio; optical bistability; vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength 1550 nm; Clocks; Logic gates; Nonlinear optical devices; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical refraction; Power measurement; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Shape; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location
Munich
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-0931-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385910
Filename
4385910
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