Demonstration of slow light in semiconductor optical amplifier

Anoop C. Patil; Deepa Venkitesh; Karl Dexter; Prince Anandarajah; Liam P. Barry

doi:10.1117/12.897876

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23 August 2011 Demonstration of slow light in semiconductor optical amplifier

Anoop C. Patil; Deepa Venkitesh; Karl Dexter; Prince Anandarajah; Liam P. Barry

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Proceedings Volume 8173, Photonics 2010: Tenth International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics; 817323 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.897876
Event: International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, 2010, Guwahati, India

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Slow light generation through four wave mixing is experimentally investigated in a non-linear semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). The mechanism of slow-light generation is analyzed through gain saturation behavior of the SOA. The delay of the probe beam is controlled optically by pump-probe detuning. A delay of 260 ps is achieved for sinusoidal modulation at 0.5 GHz corresponding to a RF phase change of 0.26π.

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Anoop C. Patil, Deepa Venkitesh, Karl Dexter, Prince Anandarajah, and Liam P. Barry "Demonstration of slow light in semiconductor optical amplifier", Proc. SPIE 8173, Photonics 2010: Tenth International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, 817323 (23 August 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.897876

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