Experimental investigation on slow light via four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Yin Zhang; Xin-liang Zhang; Xi Huang

doi:10.1117/12.823345

19 February 2009 Experimental investigation on slow light via four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Yin Zhang, Xin-liang Zhang, Xi Huang

Proceedings Volume 7279, Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings (POEM) 2008: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration; 72791T (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.823345
Event: Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings, 2008, Wuhan, China

Abstract

Optical buffer is a key component in all-optical information processing systems. Slow light at room temperature via four-wave mixing in semiconductor an optical amplifier (SOA) is experimentally investigated. Time delay of 0.4 ns is achieved for a sinusoidal modulation signal at 0.1GHz, corresponding to a delay-bandwidth product (DBP) of 0.04. Factors that affect the experimental results are discussed. It is found out that the variable optical delay via four-wave mixing in SOA can be controlled either electrically by changing the SOA bias, or optically by varying the pump power or pump-probe detuning.

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Yin Zhang, Xin-liang Zhang, and Xi Huang "Experimental investigation on slow light via four-wave mixing in semiconductor optical amplifiers", Proc. SPIE 7279, Photonics and Optoelectronics Meetings (POEM) 2008: Optoelectronic Devices and Integration, 72791T (19 February 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.823345

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