Title :
High saturation power and high gain integrated photoreceivers
Author :
Tauke-Pedretti, Anna ; Dummer, Matthew ; Barton, Jonathon S. ; Sysak, Matthew N. ; Raring, James W. ; Coldren, Larry A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mater. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
A novel monolithically integrated semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) receiver is presented. This receiver implements a flared SOA and tapered quantum-well detector. SOAs exhibited 22-dB unsaturated gain and 15.7-dBm output power at the 1-dB gain compression point while the receiver demonstrated 15-GHz bandwidth and -10.5-dBm sensitivity.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; optical receivers; quantum well devices; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 15 GHz; 22 dB; gain compression point; integrated photoreceivers; saturation power; semiconductor optical amplifier; tapered quantum-well detector; Detectors; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical transmitters; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Photoconductivity; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Offset quantum well; optical receivers; saturation power; semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); waveguide photodiodes; wavelength conversion;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.854422
