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

来源：

IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS | 1998年 / 10卷 / 06期

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.

引用

页码：784 / 786

页数：3

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