• DocumentCode
    1552988
  • Title

    Optically preamplified receiver at 10 Gbit/s using vertical-cavity SOA

  • Author

    Björlin, E.S. ; Geske, J. ; Bowers, J.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    24
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    11/22/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1474
  • Lastpage
    1475
  • Abstract
    Optical preamplification at 10 Gbit/s using a vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifier (VCSOA) is demonstrated. The VCSOA has a narrow gain bandwidth of 37 GHz and consequently functions as an amplifying filter. At a fibre-to-fibre gain of I I dB, the receiver sensitivity was increased by 7 dB resulting in a sensitivity of -26.2 dBm
  • Keywords
    laser noise; optical filters; optical pumping; optical receivers; preamplifiers; semiconductor device noise; semiconductor optical amplifiers; sensitivity; surface emitting lasers; 10 Gbit/s; 11 dB; amplifying filter; fibre-to-fibre gain; narrow gain bandwidth; optical preamplification; optically preamplified receiver; receiver sensitivity; vertical-cavity SOA; vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifier;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20010997
  • Filename
    970402