• DocumentCode
    920851
  • Title

    Two-section semiconductor optical amplifier used as an efficient channel dropping node

  • Author

    Jørgensen, C. ; Storkfelt, N. ; Durhuus, T. ; Mikkelsen, B. ; Stubkjaer, K.E. ; Fernier, B. ; Gelly, G. ; Doussiere, P.

  • Author_Institution
    Electromagn. Inst., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    348
  • Lastpage
    351
  • Abstract
    High responsivity in a two-section semiconductor optical amplifier/detector, serving as a channel dropping mode is described. A simple receiver constructed using a 50 Omega amplifier with a sensitivity of -30.2 dBm at 140 Mb/s is demonstrated.<>
  • Keywords
    optical communication equipment; photodetectors; receivers; semiconductor junction lasers; sensitivity; 140 Mbit/s; 50 ohm; diode lasers; efficient channel dropping node; photodetectors; receiver; responsivity; sensitivity; two-section semiconductor optical amplifier/detector; Detectors; Face detection; Optical amplifiers; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical receivers; Power measurement; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.127209
  • Filename
    127209