Title :
A semi-phenomenological model for the material gain of broadband MQW-SOAs
Author :
Motaweh, T. ; Morel, P. ; Sharaiha, A. ; Guegan, M.
Author_Institution :
Lab.-STICC, ENIB, Brest, France
Abstract :
We propose a semi-phenomenological model to calculate the material gain of multiple quantum well broadband Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA). We show that this proposed model permits to fit well the experimental results of a broadband SOA gain and noise figure over a range of 100nm.
Keywords :
laser noise; quantum well lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; semiconductor quantum wells; broadband MQW-SOA; material gain; multiple quantum well broadband semiconductor optical amplifier; noise figure; semiphenomenological model; Broadband amplifiers; Gain; Materials; Mathematical model; Quantum well devices; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Broadband optical bandwidth; MQW-SOA; Material gain; Modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2013 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-6309-9
DOI :
10.1109/NUSOD.2013.6633115
