Bistability and nonlinear gain in 1.55 μm vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers: theory and experiments

Antonio Hurtado; Ian D. Henning; Michael J. Adams

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Bistability and nonlinear gain in 1.55 μm vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers: theory and experiments

Antonio Hurtado^*, Ian D. Henning, Michael J. Adams

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We report experimental measurements of power and wavelength optical bistability and nonlinear gain in two 1.55 μm vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers operated in reflection. Anticlockwise and clockwise nonlinear switching and bistability, both with high on-off contrast ratio up to 3.5:1, have been observed in the optical power and wavelength domains. Theoretical modeling gives excellent agreement with the experimental measurements.

Original language	English
Article number	151106
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	91
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2798053
Publication status	Published - 8 Oct 2007

Keywords

gain control
light reflection
measurement theory
nonlinear analysis
optical bistability
switching

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