Abstract

The amplifiers reported in this paper are capable of emitting world record output powers of 115mW . This is over four times larger than the previously published value. Semiconductor optical amplifiers reported here require state of the art MOVPE growth and fabrication processes. These results are of great significance to future systems designs since devices of this type will open up new areas of systems research. With launch powers of this magnitude new avenues of research on both long distance systems and local loop systems become possible.

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