DocumentCode
890880
Title
A low-crosstalk semiconductor optical amplifier
Author
Lin, Jie ; Zhang, Junping ; Choa, Fow-Sen ; Zhao, Xiangjun ; Khurgin, Jacob
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
Volume
16
Issue
2
fYear
2004
Firstpage
392
Lastpage
394
Abstract
A new type of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) that can have a very low-channel crosstalk is proposed and demonstrated. By arranging the order of the gain materials with different saturation power, the SOA crosstalk is greatly reduced. This new type of SOA can be an ideal gain material for wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) amplification and integration in the access and metro environment.
Keywords
optical crosstalk; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; SOA crosstalk; WDM; access environment; gain materials; low-channel crosstalk; metro environment; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength division multiplexed amplification; Charge carrier lifetime; Crosstalk; Crystalline materials; Linearity; Noise figure; Optical materials; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor materials; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2003.822235
Filename
1266434
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