Spot-size converter integrated polarization insensitive semiconductor optical amplifiers

Author

Kim, J.R. ; Lee, J.S. ; Park, S. ; Park, M.W. ; Yu, J.S. ; Lee, S.D. ; Choo, A.G. ; Kim, T.I. ; Lee, Y.-H.

Author_Institution

Photonics Lab., Samsung Adv. Inst. of Technol., Suwon, South Korea

Volume

11

Issue

8

fYear

1999

Firstpage

967

Lastpage

969

Abstract

Spot-size converter integrated polarization-insensitive semiconductor optical amplifier (SSC-SOA) with angled window has been designed and fabricated using both selective area growth and successive lateral tapering. A narrow beam divergence of 80/spl times/15/spl deg/, 0.2-dB amplified-spontaneous-emission ripple, and 1.5-dB polarization sensitivity within the 3-dB optical bandwidth were obtained at 29.7-dB chip gain. The fiber-to-fiber gain of the SOA module was measured to be 22 dB at 200 mA, i.e., the coupling loss was below 4 dB per each facet.

Keywords

light polarisation; modules; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical losses; semiconductor optical amplifiers; sensitivity; superradiance; 200 mA; 22 dB; 29.7 dB; 4 dB; SOA module; amplified-spontaneous-emission ripple; angled window; chip gain; coupling loss; facet; fiber-to-fiber gain; narrow beam divergence; optical bandwidth; polarization sensitivity; selective area growth; spot-size converter integrated polarization insensitive semiconductor optical amplifiers; successive lateral tapering; Bandwidth; Gain measurement; Loss measurement; Optical design; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical sensors; Semiconductor device measurement; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.775315

Filename

775315