We report on crosstalk reduction in conventional semiconductor optical amplifiers, obtained
by reducing the number of quantum wells in the active region. While the resulting decrease …

Few-mode semiconductor optical amplifiers (FM SOAs) allow more than one transverse
modes to propagate inside of the waveguide region. They are useful in optical signal …

A detailed theoretical investigation of the cascadability of gain-clamped semiconductor
optical amplifiers (GCSOAs) and SOAs in wavelength-division-multiplexed networks is …

Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) can be advantageously utilized as external
modulators because they can simultaneously perform two functions: amplification and …

Waveform distortion due to gain saturation in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is
studied numerically for different signal formats, NRZ and Manchester code. It is shown that …

A semiconductor optical amplifier simulator (SOASim), used to analyze in‐line optical
amplifiers, current‐injected space switches, and electro‐optical regenerators, is presented …

The fast gain dynamics of the semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) can give rise to signal
distortions in wavelength division multiplexing transmission. Two recent experiments show …

Abstract Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs) are very attractive components for optical
communication systems. We have already shown that two-cascaded SOAs in a …

We evaluate both theoretically and experimentally the gain saturation dynamics of
semiconductor optical amplifiers when inserted into an analog optical link. Its impact in terms …

An advanced numerical model for simulating ultralong semiconductor optical amplifiers (UL-
SOAs) is presented. The model specifically accounts for the very strong gain saturation and …