Acceleration of Carrier Lifetime in Gain-Clamped Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
A new method to accelerate the carrier lifetime in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) is experimentally demonstrated. The four-wave mixing (FWM) effect is induced without recourse to external optical light sources. A pair of fiber Bragg gratings is utilized to generate pre-spectral sliced seed...
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| author | O. M. Kharraz A. S. M. Supa'at A. F. Abas M. T. Alresheedi M. A. Mahdi |
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| description | A new method to accelerate the carrier lifetime in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) is experimentally demonstrated. The four-wave mixing (FWM) effect is induced without recourse to external optical light sources. A pair of fiber Bragg gratings is utilized to generate pre-spectral sliced seed light channels as FWM inputs, by reflecting the backward amplified spontaneous emission from the SOA in a gain-clamped configuration. The theory predicts a three times shorter carrier lifetime, compared to coherent inputs in a travelling-wave arrangement. Furthermore, this method can be a more accurate measure of the nonlinear parameters of SOAs rather than conventional techniques, owing to the polarization-independent nature of the corresponding incoherent products. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6ad1abeb6c224e16a8cffd15f421df8c2025-08-20T03:15:15ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552018-01-0110511310.1109/JPHOT.2018.28632548425707Acceleration of Carrier Lifetime in Gain-Clamped Semiconductor Optical AmplifiersO. M. Kharraz0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-9623A. S. M. Supa'at1A. F. Abas2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2672-8334M. T. Alresheedi3M. A. Mahdi4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2843-181XDepartement of Communication Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, MalaysiaDepartement of Communication Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, MalaysiaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartement of Communication Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, MalaysiaA new method to accelerate the carrier lifetime in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) is experimentally demonstrated. The four-wave mixing (FWM) effect is induced without recourse to external optical light sources. A pair of fiber Bragg gratings is utilized to generate pre-spectral sliced seed light channels as FWM inputs, by reflecting the backward amplified spontaneous emission from the SOA in a gain-clamped configuration. The theory predicts a three times shorter carrier lifetime, compared to coherent inputs in a travelling-wave arrangement. Furthermore, this method can be a more accurate measure of the nonlinear parameters of SOAs rather than conventional techniques, owing to the polarization-independent nature of the corresponding incoherent products.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8425707/Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOAs)carrier lifetimegain-clampingfour-wave mixing. |
| spellingShingle | O. M. Kharraz A. S. M. Supa'at A. F. Abas M. T. Alresheedi M. A. Mahdi Acceleration of Carrier Lifetime in Gain-Clamped Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers IEEE Photonics Journal Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOAs) carrier lifetime gain-clamping four-wave mixing. |
| title | Acceleration of Carrier Lifetime in Gain-Clamped Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers |
| title_full | Acceleration of Carrier Lifetime in Gain-Clamped Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers |
| title_fullStr | Acceleration of Carrier Lifetime in Gain-Clamped Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acceleration of Carrier Lifetime in Gain-Clamped Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers |
| title_short | Acceleration of Carrier Lifetime in Gain-Clamped Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers |
| title_sort | acceleration of carrier lifetime in gain clamped semiconductor optical amplifiers |
| topic | Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOAs) carrier lifetime gain-clamping four-wave mixing. |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8425707/ |
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