Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1538468 Optics Communications 2010 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
Experimental investigation of the role of interband effects in four-wave mixing (FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) is reported. Carrier density pulsations (CDP) in SOAs, caused by optical wave beating, are measured in the RF domain. This gives strong experimental confirmation of the link between CDP and wave mixing, as usually assumed in theory of FWM in SOAs. The dependence of CDP amplitude on bias current and optical power is also established.
Related Topics
Physical Sciences and Engineering Materials Science Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Authors
, , , , , ,