Title :
Etched-facet semiconductor optical amplifiers for gain-integrated photonic switch fabrics
Author :
L. Schares;R. Budd;D. Kuchta;F. Doany;C. Schow;M. Möhrle;A. Sigmund;W. Rehbein
Author_Institution :
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
Abstract :
We have fabricated InP SOAs with lithographically-defined etched facets. Their more precisely-controlled length compared to cleaved SOAs promises improved coupling tolerances for PICs with flip-chip attached gain blocks. Measured gain is around 20dB and noise figures are 5-6dB.
Keywords :
"Semiconductor optical amplifiers","Noise figure","Optical waveguides","Optical switches","Gain","Couplings","Photonics"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341614
