DocumentCode
1595611
Title
Hybrid integration of semiconductor optical amplifier and silica-based planar lightwave circuit for low polarization dependent gain
Author
Akutsu, Takeshi ; Funabashi, Masaki ; Hasegawa, Hideaki ; Yokouchi, Noriyuki ; Nara, Kazutaka
Author_Institution
Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co., Ltd., Ichihara, Japan
fYear
2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We demonstrated a semiconductor optical amplifier hybrid-integrated with a silica-based planar lightwave circuits. With deploying polarization diversity circuit, polarization dependent gain was reduced from 22.9 dB to 1.8 dB in C-band.
Keywords
optical fibre amplifiers; optical planar waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifiers; silicon compounds; C-band; SiO2; gain 22.9 dB to 1.8 dB; hybrid integration; low polarization dependent gain; polarization diversity circuit; semiconductor optical amplifier; silica-based planar lightwave circuit; Couplings; Fabrication; Gain; Optical attenuators; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0213-6
Type
conf
Filename
5875778
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