The Stokes-vector analysis of polarization-dependent influences on optical sampling in SOAs

Mao-tong Liu; Ai-ying Yang; Yu-nan Sun

doi:10.1117/12.755962

4 January 2008 The Stokes-vector analysis of polarization-dependent influences on optical sampling in SOAs

Mao-tong Liu, Ai-ying Yang, Yu-nan Sun

Proceedings Volume 6839, Nonlinear Optics: Technologies and Applications; 683917 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.755962
Event: Photonics Asia 2007, 2007, Beijing, China

Abstract

A stokes-vector theory is introduced to simulate the azimuth and ellipticity trajectories of the both probe and conjugate pulses in a four-wave mixing (FWM) scheme. Based on a new polarization-dependent pulsed FWM model which is derived from the three-level system, the theoretical analyses are carried out for the optical sampling of picosecond optical pulses in a lattice-matched unstrained semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) by use of strong ultrashort pump pulses. We take the TE- and TM-gain dependent effects into account. The polarization characteristics of the pulses involved in optical sampling process are analyzed in detail.

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Mao-tong Liu, Ai-ying Yang, and Yu-nan Sun "The Stokes-vector analysis of polarization-dependent influences on optical sampling in SOAs", Proc. SPIE 6839, Nonlinear Optics: Technologies and Applications, 683917 (4 January 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.755962

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