All-optical waveguide-type gain switch utilizing intersubband transition

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 410-417

  Hirono, T ^a   Kobayashi, H ^a   Asai, H ^a   Yokoyama, K ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BAND STRUCTURE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SWITCHING;

ALL OPTICAL SWITCHING; GAIN SWITCH; INTERSUBBAND TRANSITION; OPTICAL EXCITATION PULSES; OPTICAL GAIN; OPTICAL POWER DENSITY; RELAXATION TIME; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0030156424     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.577403     Document Type: Article

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