학술논문

Three-section semiconductor optical amplifier for monitoring of optical gain
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE. 4(11):1258-1260 Nov, 1992
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Semiconductor optical amplifiers
Monitoring
Stimulated emission
Optical waveguides
Optical ring resonators
Optical sensors
Optical signal processing
Optical saturation
Optical amplifiers
Semiconductor waveguides
Language
ISSN
1041-1135
1941-0174
Abstract
A 1.5- mu m multiquantum well amplifier divided into three sections with short contacts at the input and output facets is described. A simple derivation shows that the amplifier optical gain is proportional to the ratio of voltage changes at the facet contacts induced by the optical signal. Measurements of optical gain and contact voltage as a function of amplifier bias current are in good agreement with the theory.ETX