Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs) are electrically pumped semiconductor devices that provide optical gain in a travelling‑wave configuration. They operate similarly to laser diodes but use antireflection (AR) coatings and angled or curved waveguides to suppress cavity feedback. Light is amplified in the singlemode waveguide with strong overlap between the guided mode and the carrier‑injected active region.
Typical telecom SOAs operate at O-band (around 1310nm) and C-Band (around 1550nm) and can provide up to ~30 dB gain, limited by ASE and strong gain saturation. Saturation and carrier‑induced refractive index changes also enable nonlinear functions such as wavelength conversion.
We offer SOAs from SemiNex with 80nm gain bandwidth centred on 1520nm:-
| Part Number |
Type | Waveguide or Fibre |
Output Power |
Bandwidth (3dB) |
Gain | Noise | |
| SemiNex 1280nm to 1595nm SOA & RSOA - Fibre-coupled, chip-on-carrier and chips | |||||||
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Product Brief: 1280 to 1595nm 14-pin BF package SOAs | ||||||
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Product Brief: 1280 to 1595nm chip and chip-on-carrier SOAs & RSOAs | ||||||
| 1520nm Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers & Reflective SOAs | |||||||
| 14-Pin Butterfly Package | |||||||
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14BF-287 | SOA | 8µm core 900µm, FC/APC |
24dBm (1.2A) |
80nm | 30dB | 7dB |
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14BF-287-001 | Short Pulse SOA |
8µm core 900µm, FC/APC |
24dBm (1.2A) |
80nm | 30dB | 7dB |
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14BF-291 | Preamplifier SOA |
8µm core 900µm, FC/APC |
17dBm (500mA) |
80nm | 15dB | 5dB |
| Chip-on-Carrier | |||||||
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COC-287 | SOA | 2.5mm Tilted Straight <0.1% / <0.1% |
390mW (1A) |
80nm |
33dB (10µW) |
7dB |
| Unpackaged Chips | |||||||
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CHP-291 |
Preamplifier |
1.5mm Tilted Straight <0.1% / <0.1% |
70mW/18.5dBm (500mA, 5dBm) |
80nm | 18dB | 5dB |
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CHP-287 | SOA | 2.5mm Tilted Straight <0.1% / <0.1% |
390mW (1A) |
80nm |
33dB (10µW) |
7dB |
For more information on SemiNex' 1520nm SOAs and their full range of SOA and RSOA solutions please Contact Us to discuss your application and learn about the latest developments.
