Features
● Ultra high gain > 40dB at 1060nm
● High saturation output power > 20dBm
● Low ripples
● Strong linear polarization
● RoHS compliance
E/O Characteristics
Test conditions: CW operation, chip temperature 25°C, the case is mounted on room temperature heatsink
Parameters | Min. | Typ. | Max. | Unit |
Operating current (Iop) |
| 450 | 500 | mA |
Forward voltage @ Iop |
| 1.7 | 2 | V |
Gain(with input signal -25dBm) |
Small signal gain | 28 | 32 |
| dB |
Gain mean wavelength | 1045 | 1060 | 1075 | nm |
Gain bandwidth @ -3dB | 70 | 90 |
| nm |
Gain saturation output power @ -3dB | 15 | 18 |
| dBm |
Noise figure |
| 6 |
| dB |
Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) |
ASE optical power ex fiber from each port |
| 7 |
| mW |
ASE mean wavelength |
| 1050 |
| nm |
ASE bandwidth @ -3dB | 80 | 90 |
| nm |
ASE spectrum ripples³ (RMS in 1nm range, 10pm resolution) |
| 0.02 | 0.2 | dB |
ASE polarization extinction ratio (PER) at each port | 14 | 17 |
| dB |
TYPICAL SOA PARAMETERS vs. OPERATING CURRENT
Test conditions: CW operation, input signal -25dBm, chip temperature 25°C, case temperature 25°C
OperatingCurrent, mA | Gain, dB | Gain bandwidth @ -3dB, nm | Saturation output power @ -3dB, dBm | Ripples RMS, dB |
200 | 37 | 20 | 14 | 0.01 |
400 | 40 | 23 | 18 | 0.02 |
600 | 42 | 26 | 20 | 0.03 |
800 | 43 | 28 | 22 | 0.04 |
SOA Power Amplification Comparison(25deg,Pin=10dBm,I=400mA)
Parameters | Min. | Max. | Unit |
SOA reverse voltage | - | 2 | V |
SOA CW forward current | - | 800 | mA |
Input optical power | - | 20 | dBm |
Thermo Electric Cooler current | - | 3 | A |
Thermo Electric Cooler voltage | - | 4 | V |
Fiber bend radius | 3 | - | cm |
Chip operating temperature range | 10 | 40 | °C |
Case operating temperature range | 0 | 70 | °C |
Storage temperature range | -40 | 85 | °C |
SOA Power Amplification Comparison(25deg,Pin=10dBm,I=400mA)
SOA ASE Spectrum(25deg,I=400mA)
SOA Characteristic Graph(25deg,Pin=10dBm)
Application
● Swept-source, tunable lasers
● Booster optical amplifiers
● Optical preamplifiers
● Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
Ordering Info
PL-HP-SOA-☆-A8▽-W□□□□-XX
☆ ：Output Power
A：10db
B：15db
C：20dB
▽：Bandwidth
1: 60-70nm
2: 30-40nm
□□□□：Wavelength
780:680nm
850:850nm
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1060:1060nm
1550:1550nm
XX: Fiber and Connector Type
SASA=(SMF-28E+ FC/APC)+(SMF-28E+ FC/APC)
SPSP=(SMF-28E+ FC/PC)+(SMF-28E+ FC/PC)
PAPA=(PM Fiber+ FC/APC)+(PM Fiber+ FC/APC)
PPPP=(PM Fiber+ FC/PC)+(PM Fiber+ FC/PC)
PAPA=(PM Fiber+ FC/APC)+(PM Fiber+ FC/APC)
