TY - JOUR
T1 - Nonlinear polarization rotation induced by ultrashort optical pulses in a semiconductor optical amplifier
AU - Yang, X.
AU - Lenstra, D.
AU - Khoe, G.D.
AU - Dorren, H.J.S.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - We use a new rate-equation model for the propagation of sub-picosecond polarized optical pulses in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). This model is based on the decomposition of the polarized optical field into TE and TM components that interact via the gain saturation, and accounts for two-photon absorption, free-carrier absorption, self- and cross-phase modulation, carrier heating, and spectral and spatial hole burning. For the first time, using our model, we have obtained numerical results for the nonlinear polarization rotation in pump–probe experiments with 200 fs pulses. These results are in good agreement with reported experimental measurements.
AB - We use a new rate-equation model for the propagation of sub-picosecond polarized optical pulses in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). This model is based on the decomposition of the polarized optical field into TE and TM components that interact via the gain saturation, and accounts for two-photon absorption, free-carrier absorption, self- and cross-phase modulation, carrier heating, and spectral and spatial hole burning. For the first time, using our model, we have obtained numerical results for the nonlinear polarization rotation in pump–probe experiments with 200 fs pulses. These results are in good agreement with reported experimental measurements.
U2 - 10.1016/S0030-4018(03)01672-9
DO - 10.1016/S0030-4018(03)01672-9
M3 - Article
VL - 223
SP - 169
EP - 179
JO - Optics Communications
JF - Optics Communications
SN - 0030-4018
IS - 1-3
ER -