Comptes Rendus
no. 10
Slow and fast light in quantum dot based semiconductor optical amplifiers
[Lumière lente et lumière rapide dans les amplificateurs optiques à semi-conducteurs à base de boîtes quantiques]
Anthony Martinez1  ; J.-G. Provost2  ; Guy Aubin1  ; R. Brenot2  ; J. Landreau2  ; F. Lelarge2  ; Abderrahim Ramdane1
1 CNRS – laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures, route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France
2 Alcatel–Thales III–V Lab, Joint lab of “Bell Labs” and “Thales Research and Technology”, route de Nozay, 91461 Marcoussis cedex, France
Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 10 (2009) no. 10, pp. 1000-1007.

Les progrès récents dans le domaine des amplificateurs optiques à semi-conducteurs (SOA) à base de boîtes/batônnets quantiques pour la lumière lente et rapide sont discutés. Une lumière rapide à température ambiante a été obtenue dans des SOA à batônnets quantiques InAs/InP par les phénomènes d'oscillation cohérente de population et de mélange à quatre ondes (FWM). Des valeurs typiques de retards optiques de 55 ps ont été obtenues à une fréquence de 2 GHz. L'optimisation de la croissance des batônnets quantiques permet d'obtenir un gain modal élevé, conduisant à des performances presque identiques, en termes de gain et d'efficacité FWM, à celles d'un SOA à matériau massif. Une nouvelle approche basée sur la technique des spectrogrammes linéaires est également introduite pour mesurer le déphasage induit par le mélange d'ondes dans un SOA.

Recent progress in the field of quantum dot/dash based semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) for slow and fast light is discussed. Room temperature fast light has been obtained in InAs/InP QDash based SOAs by means of coherent population oscillation and four wave mixing (FWM) effects. Typical optical delays amount to 55 ps at 2 GHz. Growth optimization of the QDashes allowed us to achieve high modal gain, leading to very similar performances, e.g. gain and FWM efficiency, to those of a bulk SOA. A novel approach based on linear spectrograms is also introduced to measure the phase shift induced by wave mixing in an SOA.

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DOI : 10.1016/j.crhy.2009.12.006
Keywords: Slow light, Semiconductor optical amplifier, Quantum dot, Nonlinear effects, Coherent population oscillation
Mot clés : Lumière lente, Amplificateurs à semi-conducteurs, Boîte quantique, Effets non-linéaires, Oscillation cohérente de population
Anthony Martinez 1 ; J.-G. Provost 2 ; Guy Aubin 1 ; R. Brenot 2 ; J. Landreau 2 ; F. Lelarge 2 ; Abderrahim Ramdane 1

1 CNRS – laboratoire de photonique et de nanostructures, route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France
2 Alcatel–Thales III–V Lab, Joint lab of “Bell Labs” and “Thales Research and Technology”, route de Nozay, 91461 Marcoussis cedex, France 
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