A Poincaré approach to investigate nonlinear polarization rotation in semiconductor optical amplifiers and its application to all-optical wavelength conversion

L. Q. Guo; M. J. Connelly

doi:10.1117/12.745453

26 November 2007 A Poincaré approach to investigate nonlinear polarization rotation in semiconductor optical amplifiers and its application to all-optical wavelength conversion

L. Q. Guo, M. J. Connelly

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Proceedings Volume 6783, Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems V; 678325 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.745453
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2007, Wuhan, China

Abstract

Nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) in semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) is initially investigated. The changes of ellipticity angle of the probe light in a counter-propagation scheme are presented on the Poincaré sphere, and agree with the numerical simulations. All-optical wavelength conversions based on NPR in SOAs are realized at a bit rate of 2.5Gbit/s.

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L. Q. Guo and M. J. Connelly "A Poincaré approach to investigate nonlinear polarization rotation in semiconductor optical amplifiers and its application to all-optical wavelength conversion", Proc. SPIE 6783, Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems V, 678325 (26 November 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.745453

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