Author :
Ogawa, Isamu ; Ebisawa, F. ; Hanawa, F. ; Hashimoto, Toshikazu ; Yanagisawa, M. ; Shuto, Kazuo ; Ohyama, Takaharu ; Yamada, Y. ; Akahori, Y. ; Himeno, Akira ; Kato, Kazuhiko ; Yoshimoto, Naoto ; Tohmori, Y.
Abstract :
The authors have succeeded in the hybrid integration of a four channel 1.55 μm spot-size converted optical amplifier (SS-SOA) array on a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) platform using a passive alignment technique. They have achieved module gains of 8.1 to 9.6 dB, and extinction ratios of 52.5 to 55.8 dB among four channels at an SOA injection current of 40 mA. They have also achieved a switching speed of better than 1 ns
Keywords :
integrated optics; semiconductor laser arrays; 1 ns; 1.55 micron; 40 mA; 8.1 to 9.6 dB; extinction ratio; four-channel SS-SOA array module; gain; hybrid integration; injection current; passive alignment; planar lightwave circuit platform; spot-size converted optical amplifier array; switching speed;
