An analytical study on bistability of Fabry-Perot semiconductor optical amplifiers

Gang Wang; Shuqiang Chen; Huajun Yang

doi:10.1007/s13320-016-0332-x

Photonic Sensors ›› 2015, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (3) : 268 -273. DOI: 10.1007/s13320-016-0332-x

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An analytical study on bistability of Fabry-Perot semiconductor optical amplifiers

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Optical bistabilities have been considered to be useful for sensor applications. As a typical nonlinear device, Fabry-Perot semiconductor optical amplifiers (FPSOAs) exhibit bistability under certain conditions. In this paper, the bistable characteristics in FPSOAs are investigated theoretically. Based on Adams’s relationship between the incident optical intensity I _in and the z-independent average intracavity intensity I _av, an analytical expression of the bistable loop width in SOAs is derived. Numerical simulations confirm the accuracy of the analytical result.

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Bistability / Fabry-Perot resonator / semiconductor optical amplifiers

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Gang Wang, Shuqiang Chen, Huajun Yang. An analytical study on bistability of Fabry-Perot semiconductor optical amplifiers. Photonic Sensors, 2015, 6(3): 268-273 DOI:10.1007/s13320-016-0332-x

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