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

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Hurtado, Antonio and Henning, Ian D. and Adams, Michael J. (2007) Bistability and nonlinear gain in 1.55 μm vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers : theory and experiments. Applied Physics Letters, 91 (15). 151106. ISSN 0003-6951 (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2798053)

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Abstract

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.

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Hurtado, Antonio ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4448-9034, Henning, Ian D. and Adams, Michael J.;
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