A broad-band MQW semiconductor optical amplifier with high saturation output power and low noise figure

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 974-976

  Morito, Ken ^a   Tanaka, Shinsuke ^a   Tomabechi, Shuich ^a   Kuramata, Akito ^a  

^a FUJITSU LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amplifier noise; Gain measurement; Quantum wells; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLIFIER NOISE; CHIP SATURATION; NOISE FIGURE; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOAS);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 18944376130     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.845733     Document Type: Article

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