Packaged 1.5- \mu m Quantum-Well SOA With 0.8-W Output Power and 5.5-dB Noise Figure

We report the demonstration of a lensed-fiber-pigtailed InGaAsP-InP quantum-well semiconductor optical amplifier based on the slab-coupled optical waveguide (SCOW) concept. At a 5-A bias current and a wavelength of 1540 nm, the packaged SCOW amplifier (SCOWA) exhibits a record 0.8-W saturation outpu...

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Main Authors: O'Donnell, Frederick J. (Contributor), Jensen, Katharine E. (Contributor), Missaggia, Leo J. (Contributor), Loh, William (Contributor), Plant, Jason J. (Contributor), Juodawlkis, Paul W. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010-03-10T16:35:30Z.
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100 1 0 |a Juodawlkis, Paul W.  |e contributor 
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100 1 0 |a Jensen, Katharine E.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Missaggia, Leo J.  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Loh, William  |e contributor 
100 1 0 |a Plant, Jason J.  |e contributor 
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520 |a We report the demonstration of a lensed-fiber-pigtailed InGaAsP-InP quantum-well semiconductor optical amplifier based on the slab-coupled optical waveguide (SCOW) concept. At a 5-A bias current and a wavelength of 1540 nm, the packaged SCOW amplifier (SCOWA) exhibits a record 0.8-W saturation output power, 13.8-dB small-signal gain, 5.5-dB noise figure, and a maximum electrical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 11%. The estimated coupling efficiency between the large (5.6 times 7.5 mum), fundamental SCOWA mode and the lensed fibers (6.5-mum spot size) is 90%. 
520 |a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Air Force Contract FA8721-05-C-0002) 
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690 |a semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) 
690 |a quantum-well (QW) devices 
690 |a power amplifiers 
690 |a optical waveguides 
690 |a Noise figure (NF) 
655 7 |a Article 
773 |t IEEE Photonics Technology Letters