Analysis of Saturation Power based on Device Structural Parameters of a 1550 nm Symmetrical MQW Semiconductor Optical Amplifier

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  • Nigar Sultana as author
  • Rinku Basak Electrical and Electronic Engineering Department, American International University- Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Multiple quantum well, semiconductor optical amplifiers, saturation power

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This paper presents the effect of device structure parameters on the saturation power of a 1550 nm symmetrical Multi Quantum Well (MQW) Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (SOA) for a small signal amplifier gain of 30 dB. Expressions are given to assess this dependency and the results indicate that saturation power decreases with the increase of the number of wells, well thickness and length but increases with the increase of barrier thickness. Higher number of wells, relatively large well thickness and length with a barrier thickness closer to the well thickness should be chosen for all optical switching and wavelength conversion. The findings of this work can aid SOA design for nonlinear functional devices.Keywords: Multiple quantum well, semiconductor optical amplifiers, saturation powerCite this article: Sultana N, Basak R., Analysis of Saturation Power Based on Device Structural Parameters of a 1550 nm Symmetrical MQW Semiconductor Optical Amplifier. Trends in Opto-electro & Optical Communication.2015; 5(1): 13–18p.

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  • Nigar Sultana, as author
    Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMasters Student

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2015-03-02

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Bd. 5 Nr. 1 (2015)

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