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第29卷 第6期 半 导 体 学 报 VO1．29 NO．6 2008年6月 JOURNAL OF SEMICONDUCTORS June，2008 All—Optical Sampling Using Nonlinear Polarization Rotation in a Single Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Zhang Shangjian ，Zhang Qianshu，Li Heping，Liu Yongzhi，and Liu Yong (Key Laboratory of Broadband Optical Fiber TransmissionCommunication Networks，Ministry of Education，Opto—Electronic Information School，University of Electronic ScienceTechnology of China，Chengdu 610054，China) Abstract：We propose a novel all—optical sampling method using nonlinear polarization rotation in a semiconductor optical amplifier．A rate—equation model capable of describing the all—optical sampling mechanism is presented in this paper．Based on this model，we investigate the optimized operating parameters of the proposed system by simulating the output intensity of the probe light as functions of the input polarization angle，the phase induced by the polarization controller，and the ori— entation of the polarization beam splitter．The simulated results show that we can obtain a good linear slope and a large linear dynamic range，which is suitable for all—optical sampling．The operating power of the pump light can be less than lmW．The presented all—optical sampling method can potentially operate at a sampling rate up to hundreds GS／s and needs low optical power． Key words：optical signal processing；all—optical sampling；semiconductor optical amplifier；nonlinear polarization rota— tion PACC：4255P；4265；4225J CLC nllmber：TN245 Document code：A Article ID：0253．4177(2008)06．1031 05