EFFECTS OF STRAY REFLECTIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER AMPLIFIERS AS IN-LINE OPTICAL REPEATERS

Authors
CHU CYJ GHAFOURISHIRAZ H
Citation
Cyj. Chu et H. Ghafourishiraz, EFFECTS OF STRAY REFLECTIONS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SEMICONDUCTOR-LASER AMPLIFIERS AS IN-LINE OPTICAL REPEATERS, Optics and Laser Technology, 26(6), 1994, pp. 403-407
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
Optics and Laser Technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00303992
Volume
26
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
403 - 407
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-3992(1994)26:6<403:EOSROT>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
The effects of stray reflections from the ends of optical fibres on th e gain and spontaneous emission of a semiconductor laser amplifier hav e been analysed. The transfer matrix method (TMM) has been applied to give efficient solutions to the problem. The theoretical results show that these stray reflections can seriously deteriorate the performance of a single amplifier and can degrade the overall performance of a sy stem incorporating a cascaded chain of amplifiers as in-line repeaters .