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Acceleration of carrier lifetime in gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers


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Mahdi, Mohd Adzir and Kharraz, Osayd M. and Supa'at, Abu Sahmah M. and Abas, Ahmad Fauzi and Alresheedi, Mohammed Thamer (2018) Acceleration of carrier lifetime in gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers. IEEE Photonics Journal, 10 (5). art. no. 7104613. pp. 1-13. ISSN 1943-0647; ESSN: 1943-0655

Abstract

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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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2018.2863254
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Keywords: Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOAs); Carrier lifetime; Gain-clamping; Fourwave mixing
Depositing User: Ms. Nuraida Ibrahim
Date Deposited: 27 Nov 2020 20:31
Last Modified: 27 Nov 2020 20:31
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73029
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