Title :
Experimental study of the impact of optical confinement on saturation effects in SOA
Author :
Brenot, R. ; Pommereau, F. ; Gouezigou, O. Lee ; Landreau, J. ; Poingt, F. ; Gouezigou, L. Le ; Rousseau, B. ; Lelarge, F. ; Martin, F. ; Duan, G.H.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Cedex, France
Abstract :
Measurements of SOA with various optical confinements show that low confinement devices are not saturated by ASE. This allows them to have good inversion factors at their input section, which leads to state-of-the-art noise factors.
Keywords :
optical saturation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; SOA; inversion factor; optical confinement; saturation effect; semiconductor optical amplifier; Charge carrier density; Nonlinear optics; Optical devices; Optical materials; Optical noise; Optical saturation; Radiative recombination; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192541
