Title :
Gain clamping scheme of a semiconductor optical amplifier by using an amplified spontaneous emission reflector
Author :
Ahn, Joon Tae ; Lee, Jong-Moo ; Kim, Kyong Hon
Author_Institution :
Basic Res. Lab., Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
A gain-damped semiconductor optical amplifier scheme based on an amplified spontaneous emission reflector is successfully demonstrated using a fiber Bragg grating. Gain is clamped at 18dB up to the input signal power of -11dBm.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; semiconductor optical amplifiers; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; 18 dB; amplified spontaneous emission reflector; fiber Bragg grating; gain clamping scheme; input signal power; semiconductor optical amplifier; Bragg gratings; Clamps; Fiber gratings; Isolators; Optical signal processing; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253087