Experimental investigation of chirp properties induced by signal amplification in quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifiers

Opt Lett. 2015 Mar 15;40(6):914-7. doi: 10.1364/OL.40.000914.

Abstract

We experimentally show the dynamic frequency chirp properties induced by signal amplification in a quantum-dot semiconductor optical amplifier (QD-SOA) for the first time. We also compare the red and blue chirp peak values and temporal chirp changes while changing the gain and injected signal powers of the QD-SOA with those of a common SOA.