Title :
Monolithically integrated gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier exploiting Mach-Zehnder interferometer configuration
Author :
Holtmann, Ch ; Besse, P.A. ; Eckner, J. ; Melchior, H.
Author_Institution :
Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
A novel, monolithically integrated gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier exploiting a Mach-Zehnder interferometer configuration for spatial separation of travelling-wave signal and clamping laser light is demonstrated. The allowed total signal input power for undistorted multichannel amplification is improved by 16 dB to +1 dBm.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; integrated optoelectronics; optical transmitters; semiconductor lasers; Mach-Zehnder interferometer configuration; allowed total signal input power; clamping laser light; monolithically integrated gain-clamped semiconductor optical amplifier; spatial separation; travelling-wave signal; undistorted multichannel amplification;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
