Title :
Design of polarization-independent semiconductor optical amplifiers
Author :
Wong, W.P. ; Chiang, K.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Abstract :
A semiconductor optical amplifier can be made polarization-independent by using an anisotropic gain medium or a properly shaped active region. The conditions for achieving polarization independence are calculated for amplifiers in the form of slab and rectangular waveguides.
Keywords :
anisotropic media; laser beams; laser theory; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; rectangular waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifiers; waveguide lasers; amplifiers; anisotropic gain medium; design; polarization independence; polarization-independence; polarization-independent semiconductor optical amplifiers; properly shaped active region; rectangular waveguides; semiconductor optical amplifier; slab waveguides; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Optical amplifiers; Optical design; Optical polarization; Optical waveguides; Permittivity; Propagation constant; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Slabs; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
7-5635-0402-8
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.1999.820554
