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semiconductor optical amplifiers
SPIE Newsroom, 1990Semiconductor laser amplifiers have now proved their ability to improve the performance of single-mode fiber communication systems, at least in the laboratory stage. After a brief background review of optical amplification in communication systems, the principle of operation and main device characteristics of semiconductor optical amplifiers are ...
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Semiconductor optical amplifiers
IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine, 1989An overview of semiconductor optical amplifier characteristics and their potential applications is presented. The latter consist of nonregenerative repeaters, optical receiver preamplifiers, power amplifiers and amplifier/modulators, general optical gain blocks, narrowband tunable amplifiers, and bistable amplifiers. >
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Organic Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
Proceedings of the IEEE, 2009Organic semiconducting materials have been researched for novel optoelectronic devices due to their efficient light emission and high gain properties. Such devices range from organic light-emitting diodes and solar cells to lasers and amplifiers. This paper explores the research carried out on one of these devices: organic semiconductor amplifiers that
Dimali Amarasinghe +3 more
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Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Proceedings of the IEEE, 1992Reviews some of the recent advances in semiconductor laser amplifiers and highlights some of the device and system issues connected with the use of optical amplifiers. Particular attention is given to noise properties, system applications (i.e. in-line amplifiers, power amplifiers, and receiver preamplifiers), and nonlinear effects.
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Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
2006# Basic Concepts # Recombination Mechanisms and Gain # Epitaxial Growth and Amplifier Designs # Low Reflectivity Facet Designs # Amplifier Rate Equations and Operating Characteristics # Photonic Integrated Circuit Using Amplifiers # Functional Properties and Applications # Optical Logic Operations # Optical Logic ...
Niloy K Dutta, Qiang Wang
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Linear Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
2012The chapter reviews properties and applications of linear semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA). Section 12.1 covers SOA basics, including working principles, material systems, structures and their growth. Booster or inline amplifiers as well as low-noise preamplifiers are classified. Section 12.2 discusses the influence of parameters like gain, noise
Bonk, R. +6 more
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Optical processors using semiconductor optical amplifiers
SPIE Proceedings, 2012Semiconductor optical amplifiers are important for wide range of applications in optical networks, optical tomography and optical logic systems. For many of these applications particularly for optical networks and optical logic, high speed performance of the SOA is important.
S. Ma, W. Li, H. Hu, N. K. Dutta
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Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers in passive optical networks
2009 14th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (RSOAs) offer a cost effective wavelength agnostic transmitter for applications within wavelength division multiplexed passive optical networks (WDM PONs) obviating the need for tuneable or fixed laser sources at customer premises.
Michie, C., Kelly, T., Andonovic, Ivan
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Optical transmission using semiconductor optical amplifiers
IEE Colloquium New Developments in Optical Amplifiers, 1998An overview is presented of the application of semiconductor optical amplifiers in optical transmission systems. The feasibility has been demonstrated for optical pre-amplification and in-line application in the form of two field trials and a number of laboratory experiments.
J.J.E. Reid, G.N. van den Hoven
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Optical bistability in vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers
Applied Optics, 2006We present an overview of the properties and applications of optical bistability in vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers (VCSOAs). The basic physics and analytical models of this optical nonlinearity are discussed. Experimental results obtained from a VCSOA operated in the 850 nm wavelength region are presented.
Pengyue, Wen +3 more
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