Experimental Comparison Between Front-Side and Rear-Side Signal-Monitoring in RSOA Transistor Outline Can Modules With Monitor-Photodiode and Thermoelectric Cooler

Author

Kim, Dong Churl ; Kown, O-Kyun ; Kim, Hyun-Soo ; Choi, Byung-Seok ; Kim, Ki Soo ; Park, Mi-Ran ; Yoon, Ki-Hong ; Cho, Seung-Hyun ; Lee, Sang-Soo ; Hyun, Jong Woong ; Oh, Dae-Kon ; Song, Min-Ho ; Kim, Jeong Soo

Author_Institution

Photonics/Wireless Convergence Components Dept., ETRI, Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

22

Issue

20

fYear

2010

Firstpage

1527

Lastpage

1529

Abstract

We report on the signal monitoring characteristics in a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) transistor outline can with a monitor-photodiode, thermoelectric cooler, and thermistor. Because of spatial hole-burning in the RSOA cavity, a front-side signal-monitoring module exhibits wider windows and better linearity in monitor current to signal power ratio (MCSPR) than a rear-side signal-monitoring module for current variations. In C-band, the average of the MCSPR is about 0.150 A/W and the MCSPR variation on wavelength is about ±0.038 A/W.

Keywords

optical hole burning; photodiodes; semiconductor optical amplifiers; thermoelectricity; transistors; MCSPR; RSOA transistor; front-side signal-monitoring; monitor current to signal power; monitor-photodiode; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; signal monitoring; spatial hole-burning; thermistor; thermoelectric cooler; Gain; High speed optical techniques; Monitoring; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical reflection; Optical saturation; Passive optical networks; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Thermoelectricity; Passive optical network (PON); reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA); wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2010.2066556

Filename

5546903