Integration of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers in Wavelength Division Multiplexing Photonic Integrated Circuits. Application of Selective Area Chemical Beam Epitaxy.

摘要

Fiber-optic communication is the key answer to the ever increasing demand for data transmission capacity. Especially optical communication systems that use Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) enable optimal exploitation of the available bandwidth, and potentially offer flexible routing and switching features. In order to fully exploit the possibilities offered by WDM, one should perform routing switching signal processing in the optical domain, using either hybrid solutions or using Photonic Integrated Amplifiers (SOAs) in such PICs. The realization of integrated Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for application in WDM Photonic Integrated Circuits is the subject of this thesis.