Optical Impulse Response of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers in a Counter-Propagation Mach-Zehnder Switch

Deyu Zhou, Ivan Glesk, Paul R. Prucnal

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Abstract

Counter propagating control and signal pulse interactions exist in many important optical components in fiber optical communication networks and ultra-fast signal processing systems employing semiconductor optical amplifiers. Challenges facing this particular interaction configuration are considered analytically. Signal pulse propagation is studied by solving its traveling-wave equation under a perturbation approximation with the control pulse arriving at the opposite side of the semiconductor optical amplifier. The derived analytical expressions of optical impulse response clearly elucidate the physics involved in counter-propagating configurations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationPhotonics in Switching, PS 1999
PublisherOptica Publishing Group (formerly OSA)
Pages144-151
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)1557525900
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes
EventPhotonics in Switching, PS 1999 - Santa Barbara, United States
Duration: Jul 21 1999Jul 21 1999

Publication series

NameOptics InfoBase Conference Papers
ISSN (Electronic)2162-2701

Conference

ConferencePhotonics in Switching, PS 1999
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySanta Barbara
Period7/21/997/21/99

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Mechanics of Materials

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