Gain recovery of bulk semiconductor optical amplifiers

被引:107
作者
Girardin, F [1 ]
Guekos, G
Houbavlis, A
机构
[1] ETH Zurich, Inst Quantum Elect, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland
[2] Natl Tech Univ Athens, Photon Res Lab, GR-15773 Athens, Greece
关键词
optical communication; optical-signal processing; semiconductor device measurements; semiconductor optical amplifier; time-domain measurements;
D O I
10.1109/68.681483
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The gain recovery time of 1.55-mu m bulk semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA's) with lengths from 500 to 1500 mu m has been measured with a continuous-wave (CW) probe in the time domain. It is shown to decrease with increasing length down to 60 ps for the longest SOA. This behavior is theoretically explained, A lower limit for the recovery time is observed and explained.
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页码:784 / 786
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