Wavelength monitoring with mutually modulated cross-gain modulation in a semiconductor optical amplifier and Brillouin amplifier

Shalom Bloch, Alexander Lifshitz, Er'el Granot, Shmuel Sternklar

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Abstract

We analyze and implement mutually modulated cross-gain modulation (MMXGM) in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). In this effect, optical wavelength changes are converted into modulation phase changes with high sensitivity and resolution. In the slow-light transition regime, we demonstrate picometer sensitivity to the optical wavelength. We analyze the spectroscopic performance of the SOA-based MMXGM and the previously developed Brillouin-based MMXGM techniques, and compare them to that of material-dispersion-enhanced, slow-light spectroscopy in a Brillouin amplifier.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)974-977
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume30
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2013

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