An adjustable gain clamped semiconductor optical amplifier (AGC-SOA)

C. Michie; A.E. Kelly; I. Armstrong; I. Andonovic; C. Tombling

doi:10.1109/JLT.2007.895533

An adjustable gain clamped semiconductor optical amplifier (AGC-SOA)

C. Michie, A.E. Kelly, I. Armstrong, I. Andonovic, C. Tombling

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

The operation of a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-ring laser-based subsystem, with the capability to provide adjustable gain-clamped operation, will be described, and preliminary characterization results will be presented. The device uses two SOAs in a ring-cavity topology: one to amplify the signal and the other to control the gain. This type of subsystem finds applications in packet-based dynamic systems where it may be used for power equalization and linear amplification.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1466-1473
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	25
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2007.895533
Publication status	Published - Jun 2007

Keywords

gain clamping
linear optical amplifiers
multiwavelength amplification
semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs).

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