HIGH-GAIN 1310-NM REFLECTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS WITH LOW-GAIN UNCERTAINTY

Authors
TIEMEIJER LF VANDENHOVEN GN THIJS PJA VANDONGEN T BINSMA JJM JANSEN EJ VERBOVEN AJM
Citation
Lf. Tiemeijer et al., HIGH-GAIN 1310-NM REFLECTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS WITH LOW-GAIN UNCERTAINTY, IEEE photonics technology letters, 9(1), 1997, pp. 37-39
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
9
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
37 - 39
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1997)9:1<37:H1RSOA>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A 1310-nm reflective semiconductor optical amplifier with a gain uncer tainty of only 0.8 dB at an average gain level of over 30 dB has been demonstrated using a microoptic polarization reversing retroreflector. For this amplifier 3-dB saturation output powers of up to 10 dBm and a noise figure of 7.5 dB have been obtained, A low gain uncertainty fo r undefined input signal polarization states and input signal waveleng ths (which may vary over several nanometers) is of primary importance in switching applications.