Lennox, Robert, Carney, Kevin, Maldonado-Basilio, Ramón, Philippe, Severine, Bradley, Ann Louise 
ORCID: 0000-0002-9399-8628 and Landais, Pascal ORCID: 0000-0002-4807-0695
(2011)
Impact of bias current distribution on the noise figure and power saturation of a multi-contact semiconductor optical amplifier.
Optics Letters, 36
(13).
pp. 2521-2523.
ISSN 0146-9592
Abstract
We present an experimental investigation of a multi-contact semiconductor optical amplifier. This first-generation
device allows for direct control of the carrier density profile along the length of the waveguide. This is used to
control the device noise figure, with a minimum value of 5 dB observed at a gain of 15 dB for an optimum carrier
density profile. The opposite carrier density profile results in an increase of the power saturation by 3 dB.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article (Published) |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Subjects: | Engineering > Optical communication Physical Sciences > Lasers Physical Sciences > Photonics Physical Sciences > Semiconductors |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Engineering and Computing > School of Electronic Engineering Research Institutes and Centres > Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering (RINCE) |
| Publisher: | Optical Society of America |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.002521 |
| Copyright Information: | © 2011 Optical Society of America |
| Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
| Funders: | Enterprise Ireland for their support under grant CFTD/06/IT/332, Higher Education Authority Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (2007–2011) via the INSPIRE programme, Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology |
| ID Code: | 24738 |
| Deposited On: | 07 Jul 2020 16:16 by Pascal Landais . Last Modified 04 Nov 2022 14:29 |
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