• DocumentCode
    2986709
  • Title

    Frequency response and polarization insensitivity of strained MQW optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Matei, R. ; Maciejko, R. ; Lizé, Y.K.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng. Phys., Ecole Polytech., Montreal, Que., Canada
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    22-27 May 2005
  • Firstpage
    1990
  • Abstract
    An SOA with both compressive and tensile strained MQWs spanning the 1470-1540 nm band is presented. A 25 dB gain, negligible ripple, 0.5 dB polarization dependence and modulation bandwidth of 15 GHz is predicted and measured.
  • Keywords
    light polarisation; optical modulation; quantum well lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1470 to 1540 nm; 15 GHz; 25 dB; MQW optical amplifiers; SOA; compressive strain; frequency response; modulation bandwidth; polarization dependence; polarization insensitivity; tensile strain; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency response; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical saturation; Optical wavelength conversion; Quantum well devices; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-795-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2005.202344
  • Filename
    1573410