• DocumentCode
    452214
  • Title

    Broadband Gain Clamped Semiconductor Optical Amplifier with Variable Gain Operation Using a Sampled Grating Laser

  • Author

    Davies, A.R. ; Williams, K.A. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, L.H. ; Glick, M. ; McAuley, D. ; Williams, P.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Eng. Dept., Cambridge Univ.
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    8-12 Sept. 2002
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Variable gain gain-clamped operation has been demonstrated across the EDFA operating window using a novel technique. Gain clamped levels have been monotonically varied by 14 dB. The gain flatness of the device is less than 4 dB
  • Keywords
    erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; EDFA; gain clamping; gain flatness; sampled grating laser; semiconductor optical amplifier;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Copenhagen
  • Print_ISBN
    87-90974-63-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1601004