Title :
Influence of residual facet reflectivity on nonlinearities in semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Durhuus, T. ; Mikkelsen, B. ; Stubkjaer, Kristian E
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
A dynamic model for multichannel amplification by semiconductor optical amplifiers is used to predict the influence of the residual facet reflectivities on intermodulation distortion. For 25 dB of singlepass gain a reflectivity of 5*10-4 will result in 3 dB excess distortion.
Keywords :
intermodulation; laser cavity resonators; laser theory; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; reflectivity; semiconductor junction lasers; IMD; dynamic model; intermodulation distortion; multichannel amplification; nonlinear optics; nonlinearities; residual facet reflectivity; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19910196
