DocumentCode
328504
Title
Monolithically integrated gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier exploiting Mach-Zehnder interferometer configuration
Author
Holtmann, Ch ; Besse, P.A. ; Eckner, J. ; Melchior, H.
Author_Institution
Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Volume
3
fYear
1996
fDate
19-19 Sept. 1996
Firstpage
199
Abstract
A novel, monolithically integrated gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier exploiting a Mach-Zehnder interferometer configuration for spatial separation of travelling-wave signal and clamping laser light is demonstrated. The allowed total signal input power for undistorted multichannel amplification is improved by 16 dB to +1 dBm.
Keywords
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optoelectronics; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; Mach-Zehnder interferometer configuration; allowed total signal input power; clamping laser light; monolithically integrated gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier; spatial separation; travelling-wave signal; undistorted multichannel amplification;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN
82-423-0418-1
Type
conf
Filename
715647
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