Multiwavelength Devices using Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs) - Configurations and Performance of Semiconductor Optical Amplifier and Sagnac Loop based Multi-Wavelength Signal Sources

Fibre based multi-wavelength lasers are highly useful optical components with significant applications as cheap and compact signal sources for a variety of applications. Fibre multi-wavelength sources are of special interest due to their low cost-per-wavelength and their compatibility with the normal silica-based optical fibres used for transmission in modern optical networks. Multi-wavelength laser sources based on the Semiconductor Optical Amplifier represent the next stage of evolution in multi-wavelength sources for fibre optics; compact, energy-efficient, and simple to build. They also overcome the limitations of homogenous gain media, thereby reducing the occurrence of mode-competition and suppression and opening a variety of new avenues for the development of multi-wavelength sources.

About the author

Kavintheran Thambiratnam obtained his B.Sc and M.Sc degrees at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2007 and 2009 respectively. His primary research interests are in fiber systems and fiber-optic sensors, as well as the application and commercialisation of research outcomes.

Product details

• Authors: Harit Ahmad, Harith Ahmad, Sul Harun, Sulaiman Harun, Kavinthera Thambiratnam, Kavintheran Thambiratnam
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2011
• EAN: 9783845434827
• ISBN: 978-3-8454-3482-7
• No. of pages: 164
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 10 mm x 220 mm
• Weight: 235 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy