Task 1: All-Optical Wavelength Converter (AOWC) Performance Optimization of AOWCs Vikrant Lal, Milan Masanovic, Daniel Blumenthal
Summary of Work Modeling and Simulation of InP based AOWC to accurately estimate and design various performance metrics Physics based modeling of optical processes in Quantum Well devices Developed a Quantum Well Gain and Index model, and detailed rate equation based Dynamic SOA model Issues Need to improve noise modeling in the SOA Need to better model the carrier dependent index change effects Need to include temperature dependent effects in a more detailed manner
Future Work Improve the index model to accurately simulate XPM effects Run full dynamic simulations of the AOWC, that agree with experimental results and trends Simulate the effect of different design parameters on the operation to help improve device design.