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Noise controlled semiconductor optical amplifier based on lateral cavity laser

Carney, Kevin, Lennox, Robert, Maldonado-Basilio, Ramón, Philippe, Severine, Bradley, Ann Louise ORCID: 0000-0002-9399-8628 and Landais, Pascal ORCID: 0000-0002-4807-0695 (2010) Noise controlled semiconductor optical amplifier based on lateral cavity laser. Electronic Letters, 46 (18). pp. 1288-1289. ISSN 0013-5194

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Abstract

Experimental characterisation of a novel noise-controlled semiconductor optical amplifier (NCSOA) is presented. The design utilises grooves etched parallel to the active waveguide, at the output sections of the NCSOA, so as to induce lasing laterally to the propagation axis. This clamps the carrier density in a relevant region, allowing for the engineering of a specific longitudinal carrier density profile, corresponding to an improved noise figure performance. Results have demonstrated the effectiveness of carrier density profile engineering as a means of reducing the noise figure in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:carrier density; laser cavity resonators; laser noise;semiconductor optical amplifiers;waveguide lasers
Subjects:Engineering > Optical communication
Physical Sciences > Optoelectronics
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Electronic Engineering
Research Initiatives and Centres > Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering (RINCE)
Publisher:IET
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/el.2010.1978
Copyright Information:© 2010 IET
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Enterprise Ireland
ID Code:24221
Deposited On:19 Feb 2020 13:31 by Pascal Landais . Last Modified 08 Nov 2022 14:33

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