DocumentCode
2871335
Title
Cascaded performance of quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifier in a recirculating loop
Author
Liu, S. ; Williams, K.A. ; Lin, T. ; Thompson, M.G. ; Yow, C.K. ; Wonfor, A. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; Hopfer, F. ; Lämmlin, M. ; Bimberg, D.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate for the first time the low penalty cascaded performance of a 1.3mum QD SOA. Eleven passes are feasible for 10Gb/s data while maintaining a Q-factor exceeding 6 for filter-free operation.
Keywords
Q-factor; semiconductor optical amplifiers; semiconductor quantum dots; Q-factor; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; quantum dot; recirculating loop; semiconductor optical amplifier; wavelength 1.3 mum; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical filters; Optical transmitters; Power amplifiers; Quantum dots; Repeaters; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; (140.4480) optical amplifiers; (250.5980) semiconductor optical amplifiers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628243
Filename
4628243
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