• DocumentCode
    1378452
  • Title

    Influence of residual facet reflectivity on nonlinearities in semiconductor optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Durhuus, T. ; Mikkelsen, B. ; Stubkjaer, Kristian E

  • Author_Institution
    Tech. Univ., Lyngby, Denmark
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1991
  • Firstpage
    310
  • Lastpage
    312
  • Abstract
    A dynamic model for multichannel amplification by semiconductor optical amplifiers is used to predict the influence of the residual facet reflectivities on intermodulation distortion. For 25 dB of singlepass gain a reflectivity of 5*10-4 will result in 3 dB excess distortion.
  • Keywords
    intermodulation; laser cavity resonators; laser theory; multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; reflectivity; semiconductor junction lasers; IMD; dynamic model; intermodulation distortion; multichannel amplification; nonlinear optics; nonlinearities; residual facet reflectivity; semiconductor optical amplifiers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19910196
  • Filename
    86727
    • Link To Document
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