| Autor: |
O. M. Kharraz, A. S. M. Supa'at, A. F. Abas, M. T. Alresheedi, M. A. Mahdi |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol 10, Iss 5, Pp 1-13 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1943-0655 |
| DOI: |
10.1109/JPHOT.2018.2863254 |
| Popis: |
A new method to accelerate the carrier lifetime in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) is experimentally demonstrated. The four-wave mixing (FWM) effect is induced without recourse to external optical light sources. A pair of fiber Bragg gratings is utilized to generate pre-spectral sliced seed light channels as FWM inputs, by reflecting the backward amplified spontaneous emission from the SOA in a gain-clamped configuration. The theory predicts a three times shorter carrier lifetime, compared to coherent inputs in a travelling-wave arrangement. Furthermore, this method can be a more accurate measure of the nonlinear parameters of SOAs rather than conventional techniques, owing to the polarization-independent nature of the corresponding incoherent products. |
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