Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Length Effects on Gain Dynamics

Frédéric Ginovart (1) , Jean-Claude Simon (1)

1 Laboratoire d'Optronique

We study theoretically semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) length effects on gain dynamics when a short saturating pulse (pump) is either co- or counter-propagative with the probe. More specifically, we focus our attention on SOA recovery dynamics and gain overshoot. Analysis is also given when the input probe power and input pump energy are increased for different SOA lengths.

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Frédéric Ginovart, Jean-Claude Simon. Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Length Effects on Gain Dynamics. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2003, Vol.36 (n°13), pp.1473-1476. ⟨10.1088/0022-3727/36/13/307⟩. ⟨hal-00145616⟩