Title :
Temperature-Dependent Saturation Characteristics of Injection Seeded Fabry–PÉrot Laser Diodes/Reflective Optical Amplifiers
Author :
Meng, Hongyun ; Moon, Jung-Hyung ; Choi, Ki-Man ; Lee, Chang-Hee
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
In this paper, the temperature dependence of the gain and saturation power of injection seeded Fabry-Perot laser diodes/reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers are analyzed theoretically and experimentally. For a constant gain, the saturation power increases with the ambient temperature. This dependency explains the observed variation in relative intensity noise versus injection power, as a function of temperature.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; laser cavity resonators; laser noise; optical saturation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; ambient temperature; gain; injection power; injection seeded Fabry-Perot laser; laser diodes; reflective optical amplifiers; relative intensity noise; saturation power; temperature 293 K to 298 K; temperature dependence; temperature-dependent saturation characteristics; Light injection; wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) passive optical network; wavelength-locked Fabry–Perot laser diode (F-P LD);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2009.2038596
