Nonlinear effects in ultralong semiconductor optical amplifiers for optical communications [Elektronische Ressource] : physics and applications / vorgelegt von Patrick Runge

Nonlinear Effects in Ultralong Semiconductor OpticalAmplifiers for Optical Communications: Physics andApplicationsvorgelegtvonDiplom-IngenieurPatrickRungevonderFakultätIVfürElektrotechnikundInformatikderTechnischenUniversitätBerlinzurErlangungdesakademischenGradesDoktorderIngenieurwissenschaftenDr.-Ing.genehmigteDissertationPromotionsausschuss:Vorsitzender: Prof.Dr.-Ing.habil.G.MönichBerichter: Prof.Dr.-Ing.K.PetermannBerichter: Prof.Dr.sc.nat.J.LeutholdTagderwissenschaftlichenAussprache:19.Oktober2010Berlin2010D83iContents1. Introduction 11.1. SOAsinOpticalCommunications.................................... 11.2. ReviewonSOAModelingApproaches................................. 21.3. MotivationforThisWork.......................................... 31.3.1. UL-SOAsforWavelengthConversionWithSignalRegeneration........... 31.3.2. SupercontinuumGenerationwithUL-SOAs......................... 42. Optical Propertiesof UL-SOAs 62.1. SemiconductorsBasics............................................ 62.1.1. InterbandEffects........................................... 82.1.2. IntrabandEffects........................................... 102.1.3. GainDynamics............................................ 112.1.4. Kramers-KronigRelation..................................... 132.2. OpticalWavePropagationinUL-SOAs................................. 152.3. ChromaticDispersioninUL-SOAs.................................... 162.3.1. WaveguideDispersion.......................