DocumentCode
2100256
Title
Advances in 1.5-μm InGaAsP/InP slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifiers (SCOWAs)
Author
Juodawlkis, Paul W. ; Plant, Jason J. ; Missaggia, Leo J. ; Jensen, Katherine E. ; O´Donnell, Frederick J.
Author_Institution
Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington
fYear
2007
fDate
21-25 Oct. 2007
Firstpage
309
Lastpage
310
Abstract
We use lensed-fiber pigtailing to attain 90% coupling efficiency in a packaged InGaAsP/InP quantum-well slab- coupled optical waveguide amplifier (SCOWA) exhibiting 0.8-W saturation output power and 13.8-dB gain. Improvements resulting from use of a diamond heat-spreader are reported.
Keywords
III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; integrated optics; optical couplers; optical waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifiers; InGaAsP-InP; diamond heat-spreader; gain 13.8 dB; lensed-fiber pigtailing; power 0.8 W; size 1.5 μm; slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifiers; Indium phosphide; Optical amplifiers; Optical coupling; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Packaging; Power amplifiers; Quantum wells; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location
Lake Buena Vista, FL
ISSN
1092-8081
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0924-2
Electronic_ISBN
1092-8081
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382401
Filename
4382401
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