Title :
High power C-band semiconductor booster optical amplifier
Author :
Dagenais, M. ; Heim, P. ; Saini, S. ; Wilson, S. ; Leavitt, R. ; Yu, A. ; Horton, T. ; Luciani, V. ; Stone, D. ; Hu, Y.
Author_Institution :
Quantum Photonics Inc., Jessup, MD, USA
Abstract :
A semiconductor booster optical amplifier chip with a saturation power of 20.2 dBm has been demonstrated to operate over the whole C-band. This booster amplifier was used in 10 Gb/s propagation experiment over 80 km of single mode fiber.
Keywords :
monolithic integrated circuits; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre theory; optical saturation; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 10 Gbit/s; 4 to 8 GHz; 80 km; high power C-band semiconductor booster optical amplifier chip; propagation experiment; saturation power; single mode fiber; High power amplifiers; Optical amplifiers; Optical saturation; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247507
