• DocumentCode
    3525669
  • Title

    Design of polarization-independent semiconductor optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Wong, W.P. ; Chiang, K.S.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    18-22 Oct. 1999
  • Firstpage
    1463
  • Abstract
    A semiconductor optical amplifier can be made polarization-independent by using an anisotropic gain medium or a properly shaped active region. The conditions for achieving polarization independence are calculated for amplifiers in the form of slab and rectangular waveguides.
  • Keywords
    anisotropic media; laser beams; laser theory; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; rectangular waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifiers; waveguide lasers; amplifiers; anisotropic gain medium; design; polarization independence; polarization-independence; polarization-independent semiconductor optical amplifiers; properly shaped active region; rectangular waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifier; slab waveguides; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Optical amplifiers; Optical design; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Permittivity; Propagation constant; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Slabs; Tellurium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing, China
  • Print_ISBN
    7-5635-0402-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APCC.1999.820554
  • Filename
    820554