Novel Concept for an Integrated Optical Waveguide Isolator for Picosecond Pulse Operation

Author

Heck, M.J.R. ; Bente, E.A.J.M. ; Barbarin, Y. ; Lenstra, D. ; Smit, M.K.

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. Eindhoven, Eindhoven

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

The use of a concatenated array of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) and saturable absorbers (SA) as an integrated optical waveguide isolator for picosecond pulse operation is proposed in this paper. Numerical simulations are performed using SOA and SA rate equation models wherein the parameters used are valid for the InP/InGaAsP material.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gallium compounds; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical isolators; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifiers; InP-InGaAsP; integrated optical waveguide isolator; numerical simulations; picosecond pulse operation; rate equation models; saturable absorbers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Concatenated codes; Integrated optics; Isolators; Optical arrays; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Semiconductor waveguides; Stimulated emission;

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.2007.4386277

Filename

4386277