Effective Model for the Design of Ultrafast All-Optical Signal Processors Based on Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

摘要

A numerical model for semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) including all-gain dynamics, the current-induced gain saturation, the current-dependent gain dispersion, and the spontaneous emission is proposed and validated. The developed model is suitable for the analysis and design of ultrafast all-optical signal processing schemes based on SOAs.