Title :
Efficient III-V/Si hybrid SOAs for optical interconnects
Author :
Cheung, S. ; Shang, K. ; Kawakita, Y. ; Yoo, S. J. Ben
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present 1.55 μm hybrid III-V/Si SOA designs and experimentally determine wall-plug-efficiency (WPE) values for 2 mW and 0.1 mW input power amplification. Flared SOAs yield WPE = 12.1% for output power > 10 mW and straight SOAs achieve WPE = 7.2%.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; optical interconnections; semiconductor optical amplifiers; III-V/Si hybrid SOA; Si; WPE; input power amplification; optical interconnects; power 0.1 mW; power 2 mW; wall-plug-efficiency; wavelength 1.55 mum; Gain; Integrated circuit modeling; Loss measurement; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
