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SOA Integrated Optical Module
The SOA is a comprehensive module integrating a pump optical laser and either AGC (automatic gain control) or APC (automatic power control) circuits. Besides its natural abundance, silicon has desirable properties such as optically low loss (at certain critical wavelengths), and small form factor to enable high density scaled-up optical on-chip circuitry. However, high-performance PICs often suffer from signif-icant insertion losses due to numerous optical components. SOA chips are designed similarly to SLDs, solving similar challenges. This device, essentially a laser diode (LD) designed without feedback from its input and output ports, is also known as a Traveling-Wave Amplifier (TWA). While EDFAs dominate the C/ L bands (~1530–1600 nm) and Raman amplifiers enhance long-haul performance, other amplifier types extend coverage and functionality.
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