• DocumentCode
    3700922
  • Title

    Etched-facet semiconductor optical amplifiers for gain-integrated photonic switch fabrics

  • Author

    L. Schares;R. Budd;D. Kuchta;F. Doany;C. Schow;M. Möhrle;A. Sigmund;W. Rehbein

  • Author_Institution
    IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We have fabricated InP SOAs with lithographically-defined etched facets. Their more precisely-controlled length compared to cleaved SOAs promises improved coupling tolerances for PICs with flip-chip attached gain blocks. Measured gain is around 20dB and noise figures are 5-6dB.
  • Keywords
    "Semiconductor optical amplifiers","Noise figure","Optical waveguides","Optical switches","Gain","Couplings","Photonics"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341614
  • Filename
    7341614
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3700922