Group Velocity Manipulation of 10 Gb/s Signal by Mutually-Modulated Cross-Gain Modulation in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Author

Fangying Tao ; Li Zhan ; Xuelin Yang ; Zhaochang Gu ; Junsong Peng ; Shouyu Luo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai, China

Volume

26

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

15-Mar-14

Firstpage

606

Lastpage

608

Abstract

We propose and experimentally demonstrate the propagation of slow/fast-light via mutually modulated cross-gain modulation in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). Owing to very short recovery time in SOAs, the group velocity of 10-Gb/s signal light can be controlled by manipulating the saturating light. The maximum controlled time of one pulse period has been observed, whereas the signal light is modulated by either the sinusoidal signal or the real telecom signal.

Keywords

optical modulation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; slow light; SOA; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; controlled time; group velocity manipulation; mutually-modulated cross-gain modulation; one pulse period; real telecom signal; saturating light; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal light; sinusoidal signal; slow-fast-light propagation; Delays; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optimized production technology; Scattering; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Slow light; Slow light; cross-gain modulation; fast light; real telecom signal; semiconductor optical amplifier; superluminal;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2014.2301437

Filename

6716966