Research Article
Numerical Modeling and Experimental Investigation of the Nonlinear Polarization Rotation Phenomenon in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers
Table 2
SOA parameters used in the experimentation.
| Symbol | Description | Value |
| SOA | Reference: 1550 CRI/P-SN 2106 | | R1 | Input facet reflectivity | 5 · 10−5 | R2 | Output facet reflectivity | 5 · 10−5 | L | Active layer length | 500 μm | W | Active layer width | 2.5 μm | d | Active layer height | 0.2 μm | Γ | Optical confinement factor | 0.30 | | Maximum gain at a bias current of 225 mA and input power = −30 dBm | 21 dB | B0 | Bandwidth at | 35 nm | | Output saturation power at | 15 dBm |
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