Noise figure of a packaged, high-power slab-coupled optical waveguide amplifier (SCOWA)

摘要

We report the noise figure of a packaged InGaAsP quantum-well SCOWA across its wavelength and current operating regimes. At 1550 nm and 5-A bias, the SCOWA exhibits 5.5-dB noise figure, 13-dB gain, and 0.8-W saturation output power.