• DocumentCode
    875135
  • Title

    High output power 1540 nm vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Björlin, E.S. ; Kimura, T. ; Chen, Q. ; Wang, C. ; Bowers, J.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    121
  • Lastpage
    123
  • Abstract
    Vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers operating at 1540 nm are presented. The use of AlInGaAs multiple quantum well active regions resulted in record-high saturation output power of +0.5 dBm and 16 dB of fibre-to-fibre gain. These results were achieved in reflection mode operation using optical pumping by a 980 nm semiconductor laser.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical pumping; semiconductor optical amplifiers; surface emitting lasers; 1540 nm; 980 nm; AlInGaAs multiple quantum well active regions; high output power 1540 nm vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers; optical pumping; reflection mode operation; saturation output power;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20040097
  • Filename
    1263108