| dc.contributor.author | Bradley, Louise | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-06T15:47:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-09-06T15:47:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | en |
| dc.date.submitted | 2011 | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Robert Lennox, Kevin Carney, Ram?n Maldonado-Basilio, Severine Philippe, A. Louise Bradley, and Pascal Landais, Impact of bias current distribution on the noise figure and power saturation of a multicontact semiconductor optical amplifier, Optics Letters, 36, 13, 2011, 2521-2523 | en |
| dc.identifier.other | Y | en |
| dc.description | PUBLISHED | en |
| dc.description.abstract | We present an experimental investigation of a multicontact semiconductor optical amplifier. This first-generation device allows for direct control of the carrier density profile along the length of the waveguide. This is used to control the device noise figure, with a minimum value of 5 dB observed at a gain of 15 dB for an optimum carrier density profile. The opposite carrier density profile results in an increase of the power saturation by 3 dB. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The authors acknowledge Enterprise Ireland for their support under grant CFTD/06/IT/332 and the Higher Education Authority Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions (2007-2011) via the INSPIRE programme. S. Philippe acknowledges the Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology for their support. | en |
| dc.format.extent | 2521-2523 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Optics Letters | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 36 | en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 13 | en |
| dc.rights | Y | en |
| dc.subject | Optics | en |
| dc.subject | NETWORKS | en |
| dc.subject | DEVICES | en |
| dc.title | Impact of bias current distribution on the noise figure and power saturation of a multicontact semiconductor optical amplifier | en |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en |
| dc.type.supercollection | scholarly_publications | en |
| dc.type.supercollection | refereed_publications | en |
| dc.identifier.peoplefinderurl | http://people.tcd.ie/bradlel | en |
| dc.identifier.rssinternalid | 74851 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.002521 | en |
| dc.subject.TCDTheme | Nanoscience & Materials | en |
| dc.identifier.rssuri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.36.002521 | en |
| dc.identifier.orcid_id | 0000-0002-9399-8628 | en |
| dc.contributor.sponsor | Enterprise Ireland | en |
| dc.contributor.sponsorGrantNumber | CFTD/06/IT/332 | en |
| dc.contributor.sponsor | Higher Education Authority (HEA) | en |
| dc.contributor.sponsor | Irish Research Council for Science and Engineering Technology (IRCSET) | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2262/59312 | |
