Abstract
Traveling-wave type semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs) integrated with a spot-size-converter (SSC) are extensively studied for improvement of coupling efficiency with single-mode fibers and for cost reduction in packaging. In this paper, the structural dependence of the SSC on effective facet reflectivity R/sub eff/ is investigated theoretically and experimentally. It is shown that, not only sufficient mode-conversion in the SSC region, but also the introduction of angled facets, are essential for reducing R/sub eff/. A small gain ripple (less than 0.1 dB) in an amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) spectrum, fiber-to-fiber gain of 26 dB, and saturation output power of 7 dBm are observed for the fabricated SOA, which consists of a window length of 20 /spl mu/m, facet angle of 7/spl deg/, and anti-reflection coated facet of less than 1% reflectivity.
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