• DocumentCode
    2402206
  • Title

    Gain clamping scheme of a semiconductor optical amplifier by using an amplified spontaneous emission reflector

  • Author

    Ahn, Joon Tae ; Lee, Jong-Moo ; Kim, Kyong Hon

  • Author_Institution
    Basic Res. Lab., Electron. & Telecommun. Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    888
  • Abstract
    A gain-damped semiconductor optical amplifier scheme based on an amplified spontaneous emission reflector is successfully demonstrated using a fiber Bragg grating. Gain is clamped at 18dB up to the input signal power of -11dBm.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; semiconductor optical amplifiers; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; 18 dB; amplified spontaneous emission reflector; fiber Bragg grating; gain clamping scheme; input signal power; semiconductor optical amplifier; Bragg gratings; Clamps; Fiber gratings; Isolators; Optical signal processing; Power amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253087
  • Filename
    1253087