Slow light at high frequencies in an amplifying semiconductor waveguide

Author

Öhman, Filip ; Yvind, Kresten ; Mørk, Jesper

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate slow-down of a modulated light signal in a semiconductor waveguide. Concatenated amplifying and absorbing sections simultaneously achieve both amplification and a controllable time delay at 15 GHz.

Keywords

electro-optical devices; electroabsorption; optical modulation; optical saturable absorption; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slow light; waveguide lasers; amplifying semiconductor waveguide; concatenated absorbing section; concatenated amplifying section; controllable time delay; frequency 15 GHz; modulated light signal; saturable electro absorbers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slow light; Delay effects; Electromagnetic waveguides; Frequency; Optical modulation; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Semiconductor waveguides; Slow light; Stimulated emission; (070.6020) Signal processing; (250.5980) Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627828

Filename

4627828