Integrated Optical Amplifiers on Silicon Waveguides
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چکیده
Optical amplifiers are important elements of photonic integrated circuits. We present a hybrid silicon evanescent amplifier utilizing a wafer bonded structure of silicon waveguide and AlGaInAs quantum wells. A chip gain of 13 dB with a power penalty of 0.5 dB at 40 Gb/s data amplification is demonstrated. ©2006 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (250.5980) Semiconductor optical amplifiers; (250.5300) Photonic integrated circuits
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