A study of birefringence effects in a bulk semiconductor optical amplifier and its application to all-optical wavelength conversion

Li-Qiang Guo; Michael J. Connelly

doi:10.1117/12.604832

3 June 2005 A study of birefringence effects in a bulk semiconductor optical amplifier and its application to all-optical wavelength conversion

Li-Qiang Guo, Michael J. Connelly

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Proceedings Volume 5825, Opto-Ireland 2005: Optoelectronics, Photonic Devices, and Optical Networks; (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604832
Event: OPTO-Ireland, 2005, Dublin, Ireland

Abstract

Birefringence in an InGaAsP/InP tensile-strained bulk semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is demonstrated by a polarization resolved amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) spectrum. A mode sum/min approach is used to investigate the periodicities in the ripple for transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) polarizations. The signal-induced birefringence in the SOA, which leads to polarization rotation of a probe beam, is presented in the format of the Poincare sphere. All-optical wavelength conversion (inverted and non-inverted) based on cross polarization modulation (XPolM) is realized. The impact of cross gain modulation (XGM) in XPolM is initially studied.

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Li-Qiang Guo and Michael J. Connelly "A study of birefringence effects in a bulk semiconductor optical amplifier and its application to all-optical wavelength conversion", Proc. SPIE 5825, Opto-Ireland 2005: Optoelectronics, Photonic Devices, and Optical Networks, (3 June 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.604832

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