Semiconductor optical amplifier for amplification and switching applications

Martin Hai Hu; Catherine G. Caneau; Herve P. LeBlanc; Victor X. Liu; Hong K. Nguyen; Nobuhiko Nishiyama; Sergio Tsuda; Chung-En Zah

doi:10.1117/12.529503

12 May 2004 Semiconductor optical amplifier for amplification and switching applications

Martin Hai Hu, Catherine G. Caneau, Herve P. LeBlanc, Victor X. Liu, Hong K. Nguyen, Nobuhiko Nishiyama, Sergio Tsuda, Chung-En Zah

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Proceedings Volume 5280, Materials, Active Devices, and Optical Amplifiers; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.529503
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical and Wireless Communications, 2003, Wuhan, China

Abstract

This paper presents recent progress on SOAs with dilute optical mode. The SOA optical mode is designed to be large to achieve high saturation power and low coupling losses of 1.16 and 0.89 dB for TE and TM polarizations with a lens fiber. A 2-mm long SOA has high saturation power (16.3 dBm), low PDG (<1 dB), low noise figure (<7.2 dB) and medium gain (>19.5 dB) across C-band. A 1.5mm-long SOA was successfully used as a 10 Gbit/s booster amplifier for 100km transmission. The dynamic properties of the SOA were characterized to support application as optical gate switch in sub GHz speed.

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Martin Hai Hu, Catherine G. Caneau, Herve P. LeBlanc, Victor X. Liu, Hong K. Nguyen, Nobuhiko Nishiyama, Sergio Tsuda, and Chung-En Zah "Semiconductor optical amplifier for amplification and switching applications", Proc. SPIE 5280, Materials, Active Devices, and Optical Amplifiers, (12 May 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.529503

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