• DocumentCode
    2726209
  • Title

    Economics and markets of semiconductor optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Spiekman, Leo

  • Author_Institution
    Alphion Corp., Princeton Junction, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    June 28 2009-July 2 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    In telecommunications, SOAs find application in many roles. We will discuss the most important ones, including amplification in access networks, amplification of an optical supervisory channel in long-haul systems, and application as the core gain element in widely tunable lasers, and we will discuss the inter-relationship of the economics of manufacturing and the markets in which the devices are being applied.
  • Keywords
    industrial economics; laser tuning; semiconductor optical amplifiers; subscriber loops; access network amplification; manufacturing economics; optical supervisory channel; semiconductor optical amplifier; widely tunable laser; Costs; Fiber lasers; Optical devices; Optical fiber devices; Packaging; Semiconductor device manufacture; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Tunable circuits and devices; Virtual manufacturing; economics; fast tunable laser; fiber to the home; gain block; semiconductor optical amplifier;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Azores
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4825-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4827-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTON.2009.5184987
  • Filename
    5184987