O-band semiconductor optical amplifier design for CWDM applications

Author

Assadihaghi, Atousa ; Teimoori, Hassan ; Millett, Ronald ; Benhsaien, Abdessamad ; Tolstikhin, Valery ; Hall, Trevor ; Hinzer, Karin

Author_Institution

Centre for Res. in Photonics, Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

fYear

2008

fDate

15-15 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

89

Lastpage

92

Abstract

A broadband semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) has been realized for the coarse WDM (CWDM) based systems operating over the O-band range. The SOA exhibits low polarization sensitivity, 23 dB gain and low noise based on the asymmetric multi-quantum well (AMQW) technique. Reflective SOAs (for modulating the upstream data in passive optical networks (PONs)) as well as in-line or booster amplifiers in CWDM systems are some of the applications of such a SOA.

Keywords

light polarisation; optical communication equipment; quantum well lasers; reflectivity; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; O-band amplifier design; asymmetric multi-quantum well technique; booster amplifiers; broadband SOA; coarse WDM; gain 23 dB; inline amplifiers; passive optical networks; polarization sensitivity; reflective SOA; semiconductor optical amplifier; upstream data modulation; Broadband amplifiers; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical design; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Tellurium; Wavelength division multiplexing; Asymmetrical multi-quantum well; broad band gain; semiconductor optical amplifier;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microsystems and Nanoelectronics Research Conference, 2008. MNRC 2008. 1st

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2920-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2921-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MNRC.2008.4683385

Filename

4683385