ALPhANOV SOA-based fiber modulators are now a relevant alternative to AOMs or EOMs.

The new range of optoelectronic products has been developed for the impulse control of SOA for fiber intensity modulation.

Did you know that a SOA (Semiconductor-Optical-Amplifier), when it is driven by adapted fast electronics, becomes a high dynamic-range amplitude modulator? It is a new alternative to other GHz-range fiber modulation technologies like AOM (Acousto-Optic-Modulators) or EOM (Electro-Optic-Modulator). Our new « Fiber modulator basics » provides an overview of the technical approaches most commonly used to change the amplitude (modulation) of laser light in the nanosecond or sub-nanosecond time domain in fiber-coupled laser systems.

ALPhANOV introduces a new range of products for SOA impulse control used as fiber optic modulator/shutter. Three SOA drivers allowing a fast optical SOA switching (on a nanosecond/sub-nanosecond scale) with a very high extinction ratio with internal pulse-shaping capabilities have been developed : SOA pulsed driver and a complete range of turn-key high-speed SOA modulator solutions from 765 nm to 1625 nm : SOM (Semiconductor Optical Modulator)