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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2004
Dong-jae Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Jeong-seok Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Seung-woo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Seong-taek Hwang, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;
Dong-Jae Shin, Suwon-si, KR;
Jeong-Seok Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Seung-Woo Kim, Seoul, KR;
Seong-Taek Hwang, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A reflective semiconductor optical amplifier light source is disclosed. The reflective semiconductor optical amplifier light source includes a transmissive type semiconductor optical amplifier for creating and amplifying spontaneous emission light, a reflector for reflecting amplified spontaneous emission light outputted from the semiconductor optical amplifier such that amplified spontaneous emission light is reflected back into the semiconductor optical amplifier, and a bandpass filter having a predetermined wavelength band width for limiting wavelength bands of the amplified spontaneous emission light capable of passing through the bandpass filter. In one aspect of the invention, the bandpass filter is interposed between the semiconductor optical amplifier and the reflector. In another aspect, a polarization filter is imposed to limit the reflected emission light to a predetermined polarization.