Abstract
A 10-element SOA array with a pitch spacing of 33.8µm was fabricated. The array has fiber-fiber gain of 15.7dB, 3-dB saturation power >16dBm, noise figure <7.5dB and polarization dependence of gain <0.7dB.
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