宽面积垂直腔半导体光放大器

Broad-Area Vertical Cavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

在反射模式下,对于970nm宽面积垂直腔半导体光放大器(VCSOA)的增益和带宽特性进行了实验研究和分析。当注入电流为57%阈值电流、信号输入功率为0.7W,取得了24.8dB的放大,测得的放大器的带宽为0.14nm。实验中测量的增益值大于理论计算值,这是由于宽面积垂直腔光放大器内存在多个横向模式,每个模式都有相应的放大,所以总的增益大于理论计算的某个模式的增益。这种宽面积垂直腔光放大器不仅可以提高增益,而且还能提高信号光的饱和输入功率。对970nm宽面积VCSOA的结构进行了优化设计,模拟结果表明,要提高半导体激光器的增益和带宽,可以通过适当降低垂直腔面发射激光器的上DBR的反射率来获得。

Based on the broad-area vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers （VCSOA） of 970 nm, the amplifier gain and bandwidth characteristics were experimentally investigated and analyzed in the reflection mode. For 970 nm broad-area VCSOA operated in reflective mode, the maximum gain amplification of 24.8 dB and optical bandwidth of 0.14 nm （25 GHz） were reached when the injection current was 57% of threshold current and the signal input power was 0.7 W. The experimental gain value was larger than the theoretical value, due to many modes existing in VCSOA. Each mode had relative gain amplification, so the experimental gain value was larger than the theoretical value. This kind of broad-area VCSOA was improved not only in optical gain but also in saturated input power. The authors optimized the structure design of the wide area VCSOA of 970 nm. The simulation results showed that the improvement of the gain and bandwidth of the semiconductor laser could be obtained by appropriately reducing the DBR reflectivity of the emitting laser on the vertical cavity surface.