High-temperature characteristics and tunability of long-wavelength vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers

Author

Kimura, T. ; Bjorlin, S. ; Piprek, J. ; Bowers, J.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Volume

15

Issue

11

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1501

Lastpage

1503

Abstract

We investigate the high-temperature characteristics and the temperature tuning of long-wavelength vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers (VCSOA). The temperature shift of the peak-signal gain is shown to depend on the mirror reflectivity of the VCSOA. Experimental results of temperature tuning of a 1.3-μm VCSOA are presented. We demonstrate 10 dB of fiber-to-fiber gain over a tuning range of approximately 8 nm.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; indium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser tuning; optical pumping; quantum well lasers; reflectivity; semiconductor optical amplifiers; 1.3 micron; 10 dB; 20 to 80 C; InAs/sub 0.5/P/sub 0.5/; VCSOA; fiber-to-fiber gain; high-temperature characteristics; long-wavelength vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers; mirror reflectivity; optical pumping; peak-signal gain; strained InAs/sub 0.5/P/sub 0.5/ quantum wells; temperature shift; temperature tuning; tuning range; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Gain; Mirrors; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical tuning; Optical waveguides; Reflectivity; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Temperature dependence;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.818655

Filename

1237568