Title :
Broadband rate-equation model including many-body gain for WDM traveling-wave SOAs
Author :
Lal, V. ; Donat, W. ; Pedretti, A. Tauke ; Coldren, L. ; Blumenthal, D. ; Piprek, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present a traveling-wave rate-equation model for wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) which utilizes many-body gain spectra. Good agreement with measurements is obtained across a broad wavelength range.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; many-body gain spectra; semiconductor optical amplifier; traveling-wave rate-equation model; wavelength-division multiplexing; Charge carrier density; Gain measurement; Optical devices; Optical waveguides; Photoluminescence; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Solid modeling; Spontaneous emission; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, 2005. NUSOD '05. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9149-7
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2005.1518167
