The Spontaneous Radiation of Verticalcavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers in Bistable Effect

Abstract:

A bistable model is established including the effect of spontaneous emission in a vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifier (VCSOA). The sensitivities to the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) of the bistable characteristics in a VCSOA and a traditional edge emitting SOA are compared by numerical analysis. The control of the bistable characteristics and the degeneration of the bistability hysteresis are also analyzed by utilizing the modified model.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 712-715)
• Pages: 1807-1810
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.712-715.1807
• Online since: June 2013
• Authors: Zhou Li
• Keywords: A, Bistable, Bistable Ring Degeneracy

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