• DocumentCode
    421417
  • Title

    Spectral characteristics of gain and noise saturation in nonlinear InAs/InP quantum dash optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Alizon, R. ; Hadass, D. ; Bilenca, A. ; Dery, IL ; Mikhelashvili, V. ; Eisenstein, G. ; Schwertberger, R. ; Reilhmaier, J.P. ; Forchel, A. ; Calligaro, M. ; Bansropun, S. ; Krakowski, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Technion-Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    Gain and noise saturation spectra of quantum-dash optical amplifiers were measured to be asymmetric due to the inhomogeneous gain and their quantum wire like nature. Direct measurement of the homogeneously broadened gain bandwidth yields 15 nm.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; laser noise; optical saturation; quantum dot lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; spectral line broadening; InAs-InP; gain saturation; homogeneously broadened gain bandwidth; inhomogeneous gain; noise saturation; nonlinear optical amplifiers; quantum dash optical amplifiers; quantum wire like nature; spectral characteristics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1360606