Title :
1.3 /spl mu/m vertical cavity amplifier
Author :
Riou, B. ; Bjorlin, S. ; Keating, A. ; Black, A. ; Piprek, J. ; Abraham, P. ; Chiu, Y.-J. ; Bowers, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report the first optically pumped 1.3 micron vertical cavity amplifier with a gain of 13.7 dB in reflection mode. Optimization of the output mirror reflectivity revealed a gain bandwidth of 31 GHz and a saturation power of /spl sim/5 dBm.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser transitions; quantum well lasers; reflectivity; surface emitting lasers; 1.3 /spl mu/m vertical cavity MQW laser amplifier; 1.3 mum; gain bandwidth; optically pumped; optimization; output mirror reflectivity; reflection mode; saturation power; Bandwidth; Gain; Mirrors; Optical amplifiers; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Optical saturation; Reflectivity; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868579
