Wideband steady-state model of a strained MQW-SOA

Author

Connelly, M.J. ; Mazzucato, S. ; Carrere, H. ; Marie, X. ; Amand, T. ; Achouche, M. ; Caillaud, Christophe ; Brenot, Romain

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Opt. Commun. Res. Group, Univ. of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

fYear

2014

fDate

1-4 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

123

Lastpage

124

Abstract

A wideband steady-state model of a MQW-SOA is described. Least-squares fitting of the model to experimental polarization resolved amplified spontaneous spectra were used to obtain difficult to measure model parameters such as the intraband broadening energy, Auger recombination coefficient and the bandgap shrinkage coefficient. Simulations and comparisons with experiment are given which demonstrate the accuracy and versatility of the model.

Keywords

Auger effect; least squares approximations; quantum well lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; superradiance; Auger recombination coefficient; bandgap shrinkage coefficient; intraband broadening energy; least-squares fitting; multiquantum-well semiconductor optical amplifiers; polarization resolved amplified spontaneous spectra; strained MQW-SOA; wideband steady-state model; Charge carrier density; Materials; Mathematical model; Optical polarization; Quantum well devices; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2014 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Palma de Mallorca

ISSN

2158-3234

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3681-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NUSOD.2014.6935387

Filename

6935387