On the role of high-order coherent population oscillations in slow and fast light propagation using semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 578-584

  Dúill, Seán Ó ^a   O'Dowd, Ronan F ^b   Eisenstein, Gadi ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coherent population oscillations (CPOs); Four wave mixing (FWM); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Slow light

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER GAIN; COHERENT POPULATION OSCILLATION; COHERENT POPULATION OSCILLATIONS (CPOS); CONVENTIONAL MODELS; FOUR-WAVE MIXING (FWM); HIGH-ORDER; INPUT FIELD; LOW POWER; MODULATION INDEXES; NON-LINEAR MODEL; NON-LINEARITY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OPTICAL CARRIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA); SLOW AND FAST LIGHT; SLOW LIGHT; SMALL SIGNAL;

GROUND STATE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MODULATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

EID: 67650058927     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2013177     Document Type: Article

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