Title :
Hybrid integration of semiconductor optical amplifier and silica-based planar lightwave circuit for low polarization dependent gain
Author :
Akutsu, Takeshi ; Funabashi, Masaki ; Hasegawa, Hideaki ; Yokouchi, Noriyuki ; Nara, Kazutaka
Author_Institution :
Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co., Ltd., Ichihara, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated a semiconductor optical amplifier hybrid-integrated with a silica-based planar lightwave circuits. With deploying polarization diversity circuit, polarization dependent gain was reduced from 22.9 dB to 1.8 dB in C-band.
Keywords :
optical fibre amplifiers; optical planar waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon compounds; C-band; SiO2; gain 22.9 dB to 1.8 dB; hybrid integration; low polarization dependent gain; polarization diversity circuit; semiconductor optical amplifier; silica-based planar lightwave circuit; Couplings; Fabrication; Gain; Optical attenuators; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
