量子阱半导体光放大器的增益偏振相关性研究

应用能带计算理论,研究了张应变量大小、量子阱厚度对量子阱半导体光放大器(SOA)中的增益偏振相关性的影响.采用张应变量子阱为有源区,设计了增益偏振无关的1.55 μm的SOA,它可以在较宽的载流子浓度范围、较宽的光波长范围内满足增益对偏振的不灵敏要求.另外,还采用混合应变量子阱为有源区,设计了增益偏振无关的1.31μm的SOA.     

一种大功率低偏振度量子阱超辐射发光二极管

设计了一种张应变与压应变相结合的混合应变量子阱结构超辐射发光二极管,研究了TE模和TM模在器件中的模式增益,分析了影响增益偏振性的因素,在此基础上通过改变有源层量子阱的应变类型、应变量以及层数来达到高增益和偏振不敏感性。最后按设计工艺流程生长了芯片,实验结果表明,所设计的SLD芯片单管输出功率在100mA驱动电流下可达3.5mW,出射光谱FWHM约为40nm,20nm波长范围内偏振度为0.3dB,具有较理想的大功率、宽光谱、低偏振度特性。     

1.3μm高增益偏振无关应变量子阱半导体光放大器

采用低压金属有机化学气相外延法 (LP MOVPE)生长并制作了 1 3μm脊型波导结构偏振无关半导体光放大器 (SOA) ,有源区为基于四个压应变量子阱和三个张应变量子阱交替生长的混合应变量子阱 (4C3T)结构 ,压应变阱宽为 6nm ,应变量 1 0 % ,张应变阱宽为 11nm ,应变量 - 0 95 % ;器件制作成 7°斜腔结构以有效抑制腔面反射。半导体光放大器腔面蒸镀Ti3 O5/Al2 O3 减反 (AR)膜以进一步降低腔面剩余反射率至 3× 10 -4以下 ;在 2 0 0mA驱动电流下 ,光放大器放大的自发辐射 (ASE)谱的 3dB带宽大于 5 0nm ,光谱波动小于 0 4dB ,半导体光放大器管芯的小信号增益近 30dB ,在 12 80～ 1340nm波长范围内偏振灵敏度小于 0 6dB ,饱和输出功率大于 10dBm ,噪声指数 (NF)为 7 5dB。     

适于InGaAsP光放大器偏振不灵敏的增益介质

研制了适于InGaAsP光放大器偏振不灵敏的增益介质 ,采用有源区内交替的张应变和压应变排列的混合应变量子阱结构 ,器件做成带有倾角的扇形。实验中发现该结构既抑制了激射又改善了器件的偏振灵敏性 ,实现了偏振灵敏度小于 0 5dB ,10 0mA偏置时可达 0 1dB。在较大的电流范围内 ,峰的半高全宽 (FWHM)为 4 0nm。     

1.55μm波段低偏振灵敏度半导体光放大器

研制了１．５５μｍ波段低偏振灵敏度的半导体光放大器（ＳＯＡ）．其有源区材料采用张应变和压应变交替排列的混合应变量子阱结构,由ＭＯＣＶＤ生长．张应变量子阱加强了ＴＭ模式的增益,改善了ＳＯＡ的偏振灵敏度．腔长为４００μｍ的单端耦合ＳＯＡ,在１６０ｍＡ偏置下,增益大于１６ｄＢ,偏振灵敏度约为１．８ｄＢ．     

宽带偏振不灵敏InGaAs半导体光放大器

采用压应变InGaAs量子阱和张应变InGaAs准体材料交替混合的有源结构,研制了宽带偏振不灵敏的半导体光放大器.此放大器在100～250mA的工作电流范围内,获得了大于70nm的3dB光带宽;在0～250mA工作电流和3dB光带宽波长范围内,偏振灵敏度小于1dB.对于1.55μm的信号光,在200mA的注入电流下获得了15.6dB的光纤到光纤的增益、小于0.7dB的偏振灵敏度和4.2dBm的饱和输出功率.     

宽带偏振不灵敏InGaAs半导体光放大器

采用压应变InGaAs量子阱和张应变InGaAs准体材料交替混合的有源结构，研制了宽带偏振不灵敏的半导体光放大器．此放大器在100～250mA的工作电流范围内，获得了大于70nm的3dB光带宽；在0～250mA工作电流和3dB光带宽波长范围内，偏振灵敏度小于1dB．对于1.55μm的信号光，在200mA的注入电流下获得了15.6dB的光纤到光纤的增益、小于0.7dB的偏振灵敏度和4.2dBm的饱和输出功率．     

1550 nm偏振不灵敏半导体光放大器的研制

研制了有源区为InGaAs张应变体材料的1.55 μm偏振不灵敏半导体光放大器(SOA).采用束传播法计算了偏离镜面垂直方向7.的埋层波导结构模式场分布,并用平面波展开法设计了多层抗反射膜,在TE模和TM模反射率同时小于10-4时膜厚允许误差为3%.对放大自发发射谱(ASE)和增益谱的分析表明,他们具有基本一致的偏振灵敏度.对一腔长800 μm的SOA在注入电流250 mA时,测量得出TE模和TM模的ASE谱偏振灵敏度小于0.5 dB,增益谱3 dB带宽为63 nm,1 550 nm处光纤到光纤增益为11.9 dB,3 dB饱和输出功率为5.6 dB,在1 570 nm处的噪声指数为7.8 dB.而一腔长1 000μm SOA耦合封装后得到的最大增益为15 dB.     

1.55μm偏振不灵敏光放大器结构材料的生长

采用张应变量子阱结构,生长了光放大器材料。利用宽接触激光器TE和TM模的输出功率曲线判断并调整量子阱材料的应变量,得到了偏振灵敏度较低的光放大器结构。     

量子阱材料折射率低偏振相关性研究

分析了阱宽、垒高和应变对量子阱材料TE模和TM模折射率的影响,并剖析了其中的物理机理.研究表明:对于量子限制效应带来的量子阱折射率偏振相关性,阱宽越小或垒高越高,折射率偏振相关性越大.压应变增大时,折射率偏振相关性增大,张应变可以克服量子限制效应带来的折射率偏振影响.对于不同阱宽和垒高的量子阱,均存在合适的张应变量使折射率偏振相关性最小,且阱宽越小或垒高越高所需的张应变量越大.根据以上分析,提出量子阱材料折射率低偏振相关设计方法,并据此设计出C波段(1 530～1 565 nm)内折射率低偏振相关(小于0.03)的量子阱材料In0.49Ga0.51As/In0.77Ga0.23As0.5P0.5.研究结果有助于优化设计光网络中关键器件.     

1.5 μm multiquantum-well semiconductor optical amplifier withtensile and compressively strained wells for polarization-independentgain

A multiquantum-well optical amplifier for 1.5-μm wavelength operation using alternating tensile and compressively strained wells in the active region is described. For each bias level measured, the polarization sensitivity of the amplifier gain is 1 dB or less averaged over the gain bandwidth. This amplifier is suitable for integration with other optical devices in photonic integrated circuits which require polarization-independent gain     

Highly Polarized Single-Chip ELED Sources Using Oppositely Strained MQW Emitters and Absorbers

Integrated polarizer components with polarization extinctions 40 dB are desirable for state-of-the-art photonic integrated circuits. We demonstrate 60-dB polarization extinction from a single-chip InGaAsP-InP broadband source by combining an edge light-emitting diode consisting of compressively strained quantum wells (QWs) with an absorber consisting of tensile strained QWs. A 600-m polarizer exhibits only 5 dB of insertion loss.     

高增益偏振不灵敏InGaAs/InP体材料半导体光放大器

采用三元InGaAs体材料为有源区，通过直接在InGaAs体材料中引入0．20％张应变来加强TM模的增益，研制了一种适合于作波长变换器的偏振不灵敏半导体光放大器(SOA)。在低压金属有机化学气相外延(LPMOVPE)的过程中，只需调节三甲基Ga的源流量便可获得所要求的张应变量。制作的半导体光放大器在200mA的注入电流下，获得了50nm宽的3dB光带宽和小于0．5dB的增益抖动；重要的是，半导体光放大器能在较大的电流和波长范围里实现小于1．1dB的偏振灵敏度。对于1．55gm波长的信号光，在200mA的偏置下，其偏振灵敏度小于1dB，同时获得了大于14dB光纤到光纤的增益，3dBm的饱和输出功率和大于30dB的芯片增益。用作波长变换器，可获得较高的波长变换效率。进一步提高半导体光放大器与光纤的耦合效率，可得到性能更佳的半导体光放大器。     

High-performance 1.5 μm wavelength InGaAs-InGaAsP strainedquantum well lasers and amplifiers

Improved performance of 1.5-μm wavelength lasers and laser amplifiers using strained In_xGa_1-xAs-InGaAsP quantum well devices is reported. The device structures fabricated to study the effects of strained quantum wells on their performance are described. These devices showed TM mode gain, demonstrating the strain-induced heavy-hole-light hole reversal in the valence band. Lasers using these tensile strained quantum wells show higher and narrower gain spectra and laser amplifiers have a higher differential gain compared to compressively strained quantum well devices. Consequently, the tensile strained quantum well lasers show the smallest linewidth enhancement factor α=1.5 (compression α=2.5) and the lowest K-factor of 0.22 ns (compression K=0.58 ns), resulting in an estimated intrinsic 3 dB modulation bandwidth of 40 GHz (compression 15 GHz)     

High-gain, high-power 1550-nm polarization independent MQW optical amplifier

A practical 1550-nm polarization independent semiconductor optical amplifier configuration employing compressively strained quantum wells and a few commercially available optical components is reported. Crosstalk from counter propagating light, which may easily occur in such a configuration, has been sufficiently suppressed for practical use. For the entire configuration a net fiber-to-fiber gain of 17 dB, a 3-dB saturation output power of 13 dBm and a noise figure of 9 dB have been demonstrated. The polarization dependence was only 0.7 dB. The polarization independent 1550-nm semiconductor optical amplifier reported here is attractive when power consumption and compactness are of major concern and especially for applications involving nonlinear signal processing and switching.     

AlGaInAs-InP材料系1550nm偏振无关半导体光放大器

采用低压金属有机气相外延设备生长并制作了1550nm AlGaInAs-InP偏振无关半导体光放大器,有源区为3周期的张应变量子阱结构,应变量为-0.40%.器件制作成脊型波导结构,并采用7°斜腔结构以有效抑制腔面反射.经蒸镀减反膜后,半导体光放大器的自发辐射功率的波动小于0.3dB,3dB带宽为56nm.半导体光放大器小信号增益近20dB,带宽大于55nm.在1500～1590nm波长范围内偏振灵敏度小于0.8dB,峰值增益波长的饱和输出功率达7.2dBm.     

Polarization dependence of photo-detection in strained multiplequantum-well semiconductor lasers

We investigated polarization dependence of photo-detection in strained layer multiple quantum-well (SL-MQW) lasers for time compressive multiplex (TCM) application. The polarization dependence of SL-MQW lasers is larger than that of bulk lasers because of the quantum effect. To improve the polarization dependence of photo-detection, we theoretically and experimentally analyzed the effect of strain quantity on the polarization dependence, and found that large tensile strained quantum-well structure is suitable for the small polarization independence of 0.8 dB and low threshold current characteristics. Moreover, we achieved smaller polarization dependence less than 0.5 dB by applying reverse bias voltage in the photo-detection mode