Spectral equalizers based on saturable semiconductor optical amplifiers

Author

Djordjev, Kostadin ; Choi, Sang Jun ; Choi, Won-Jin ; Seung June, C. ; Dapkus, P.Daniel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

103

Abstract

The two sections of the amplifier were separately pumped with pulse currents and the device was characterized with a tunable CW diode laser. The spectral response of the equalizer built from 30 μm selective area growth (SAG) stripe region is shown together with a theoretical simulation. By varying the magnitude of the current in the short-wavelength section a spectral equalization is obtained over more than 100 nm range

Keywords

chirp modulation; electro-optical modulation; equalisers; high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical saturation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 30 micron; SAG stripe region; equalizer; pulse currents; saturable semiconductor optical amplifiers; selective area growth; separately pumped; short-wavelength section; spectral equalization; spectral equalizers; spectral response; tunable CW diode laser; Diode lasers; Equalizers; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pulse amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.969194

Filename

969194