HIGH-GAIN
SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS
By:
Hojjatollah Sarvari
Department of Electrical Engineering
Shiraz University, Shiraz-Iran
October-2008
INTRODUCTION
SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER
Fabry-Perot Amplifier Traveling wave amplifier
To make a traveling wave Semiconductor
Optical Amplifier,reflectivity must be
reduced.
Three approaches are commonly used:
Anti-reflection coating
Tilted Active Region
Use of transparent window regions
INTRODUCTION
Structures for reduce facet’s refelectivity
1.55 µm Polarisation Independent Semiconductor
Optical Amplifier with 25 dB Fiber to Fiber Gain
P. Doussiere, P. Garabedian, C. Graver, D. Bonnevie, T. Fillion, E. Derouin,
M. Monnot, J. G. Provost, D. Leclerc, Associate, IEEE, and M. Klenk
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS. VOL. 6, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1994
Low noise figure (7.2dB) and high gain (29dB) semiconductor
optical amplifier with a single layer AR coating
A.E.Kelly,L.F.lealman,L.J.Rivers,S.D.Perrin,And M.Silver
ELECTRONiCS LETTERS 13th March 1997 Vol. 33 No. 6
Low noise figure (7.2dB) and high gain (29dB) semiconductor
optical amplifier with a single layer AR coating
A.E.Kelly,L.F.lealman,L.J.Rivers,S.D.Perrin,And M.Silver
ELECTRONiCS LETTERS 13th March 1997 Vol. 33 No. 6
Angled-Facet S-Bend Semiconductor Optical
Amplifiers for High-Gain & Large-Extinction Ratio
Shotaro Kitamura, Hiroshi Hatakeyama, Takemasa Tamanuki,
Tatsuya Sasaki, Keiro Komatsu, and Masayuki Yamaguchi
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, VOL. 11, NO. 7, JULY 1999
Improved Characterization of Multilayer Antireflection Coatings
for Broad-Band Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
Jungkeun Lee and Takeshi Kamiya, Member, IEEE
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 18, NO. 12, DECEMBER 2000
High-Gain Semiconductor Optical Amplifier With
12.4-dBm Saturation Output Power at 1550 nm
K. Dreyer, C. H. Joyner, J. L. Pleumeekers, C. A. Burrus, Life Fellow, IEEE, A. Dentai, Fellow, IEEE,
B. I. Miller, Member, IEEE, S. Shunk, P. Sciortino, S. Chandrasekhar, Fellow, IEEE, L. Buhl, F. Storz, and M. Farwell
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 20, NO. 4, APRIL 2002
High-Gain Semiconductor Optical Amplifier With
12.4-dBm Saturation Output Power at 1550 nm
K. Dreyer, C. H. Joyner, J. L. Pleumeekers, C. A. Burrus, Life Fellow, IEEE, A. Dentai, Fellow, IEEE,
B. I. Miller, Member, IEEE, S. Shunk, P. Sciortino, S. Chandrasekhar, Fellow, IEEE, L. Buhl, F. Storz, and M. Farwell
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 20, NO. 4, APRIL 2002
Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
By Tomoyuki Akiyama, Member IEEE, Mitsuru Sugawara, and
Yasuhiko Arakawa, Fellow IEEE
Proceedings of the IEEE | Vol. 95, No. 9, September 2007
Quantum-Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
By Tomoyuki Akiyama, Member IEEE, Mitsuru Sugawara, and
Yasuhiko Arakawa, Fellow IEEE
Proceedings of the IEEE | Vol. 95, No. 9, September 2007
Comparison with other SOA-based
regenerators and Comparison of Bandwidths
High gain semiconductor optical amplifiers

High gain semiconductor optical amplifiers

  • 1.
    HIGH-GAIN SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS By: HojjatollahSarvari Department of Electrical Engineering Shiraz University, Shiraz-Iran October-2008
  • 2.
  • 3.
    To make atraveling wave Semiconductor Optical Amplifier,reflectivity must be reduced. Three approaches are commonly used: Anti-reflection coating Tilted Active Region Use of transparent window regions INTRODUCTION Structures for reduce facet’s refelectivity
  • 4.
    1.55 µm PolarisationIndependent Semiconductor Optical Amplifier with 25 dB Fiber to Fiber Gain P. Doussiere, P. Garabedian, C. Graver, D. Bonnevie, T. Fillion, E. Derouin, M. Monnot, J. G. Provost, D. Leclerc, Associate, IEEE, and M. Klenk IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS. VOL. 6, NO. 2, FEBRUARY 1994
  • 5.
    Low noise figure(7.2dB) and high gain (29dB) semiconductor optical amplifier with a single layer AR coating A.E.Kelly,L.F.lealman,L.J.Rivers,S.D.Perrin,And M.Silver ELECTRONiCS LETTERS 13th March 1997 Vol. 33 No. 6
  • 6.
    Low noise figure(7.2dB) and high gain (29dB) semiconductor optical amplifier with a single layer AR coating A.E.Kelly,L.F.lealman,L.J.Rivers,S.D.Perrin,And M.Silver ELECTRONiCS LETTERS 13th March 1997 Vol. 33 No. 6
  • 7.
    Angled-Facet S-Bend SemiconductorOptical Amplifiers for High-Gain & Large-Extinction Ratio Shotaro Kitamura, Hiroshi Hatakeyama, Takemasa Tamanuki, Tatsuya Sasaki, Keiro Komatsu, and Masayuki Yamaguchi IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS, VOL. 11, NO. 7, JULY 1999
  • 8.
    Improved Characterization ofMultilayer Antireflection Coatings for Broad-Band Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers Jungkeun Lee and Takeshi Kamiya, Member, IEEE JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 18, NO. 12, DECEMBER 2000
  • 9.
    High-Gain Semiconductor OpticalAmplifier With 12.4-dBm Saturation Output Power at 1550 nm K. Dreyer, C. H. Joyner, J. L. Pleumeekers, C. A. Burrus, Life Fellow, IEEE, A. Dentai, Fellow, IEEE, B. I. Miller, Member, IEEE, S. Shunk, P. Sciortino, S. Chandrasekhar, Fellow, IEEE, L. Buhl, F. Storz, and M. Farwell JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 20, NO. 4, APRIL 2002
  • 10.
    High-Gain Semiconductor OpticalAmplifier With 12.4-dBm Saturation Output Power at 1550 nm K. Dreyer, C. H. Joyner, J. L. Pleumeekers, C. A. Burrus, Life Fellow, IEEE, A. Dentai, Fellow, IEEE, B. I. Miller, Member, IEEE, S. Shunk, P. Sciortino, S. Chandrasekhar, Fellow, IEEE, L. Buhl, F. Storz, and M. Farwell JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 20, NO. 4, APRIL 2002
  • 11.
    Quantum-Dot Semiconductor OpticalAmplifiers By Tomoyuki Akiyama, Member IEEE, Mitsuru Sugawara, and Yasuhiko Arakawa, Fellow IEEE Proceedings of the IEEE | Vol. 95, No. 9, September 2007
  • 12.
    Quantum-Dot Semiconductor OpticalAmplifiers By Tomoyuki Akiyama, Member IEEE, Mitsuru Sugawara, and Yasuhiko Arakawa, Fellow IEEE Proceedings of the IEEE | Vol. 95, No. 9, September 2007
  • 13.
    Comparison with otherSOA-based regenerators and Comparison of Bandwidths

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