Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 2, Issue 4, 379(2009)

Gain properties and optical-feedback suppression of asymmetrical curved active waveguides

Zigang DUAN1、*, Wei SHI2, Yan LI3, and Guangyue CHAI1
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Devices and Systems of Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
  • 2Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6R 1T3, Canada
  • 3School of Science, Xi’an Shiyou University, Xi’an 710065, China
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    Elaborately-designed asymmetrical curved active waveguides are introduced to improve the gain properties of semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) by internal distributed optical-feedback suppression. An analytical model of the double-energy-level system is utilized in the simulation and designed by the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. Under a 280 mA driving current, the optimized curved SOAwith the simple device structure without isolators performs a more than 18 dB fiber-to-fiber gain, 980 mW spontaneous emission power, and 13 dBm saturation power.

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    Paper Information

    Received: Jul. 20, 2009

    Accepted: Aug. 25, 2009

    Published Online: Oct. 8, 2012

    The Author Email: DUAN Zigang (zgduan@szu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1007/s12200-009-0065-1

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