A gain-clamped SOA with distributed Bragg reflectors fabricated under both ends of active waveguide with different lengths

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 999-1001

  Kim, Hoin ^a   Lee, Jeongseok ^a   Yun, Inkuk ^a   Kim, Seungwoo ^a   Shin, Hyuncheol ^a   Hwang, Seongtaek ^a   Oh, Yunje ^a   Shim, Changsup ^a  

^a SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amplifier noise; Distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers; Distributed feedback (DFB) lasers; Gratings; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; MIRRORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLIFIER NOISE; DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTORS; GAIN CHARACTERISTICS; GRATING LENGTHS; LASING MODES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 1942500950     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.824999     Document Type: Article

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