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High-gain mode-adapted semiconductor optical amplifier with 12.4-dBm saturation output power at 1550 nm

Dreyer et al., 2002

Document ID
15897041689511242942
Author
Dreyer K
Joyner C
Pleumeekers J
Burrus C
Dentai A
Miller B
Shunk S
Sciortino P
Chandrasekhar S
Buhl L
Storz F
Farwell M
Publication year
Publication venue
Journal of lightwave technology

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A mode-adapted semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) has been fabricated and packaged. At the gain peak, 1500nm, the fiber to fiber gain was measured to be 32.5 dB. Statistics for eight packaged devices indicate that a fiber-to-fiber gain of 26.3 dB±1.3 dB and a saturation …
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