Polarization resolved, complete characterization of 1310 nm fiber pigtailed multiple-quantum-well optical amplifiers

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1524-1533

  Tiemeijer, Luuk F ^a,b,c   Thijs, Peter J A ^a,c,d,e   Van Dongen, Teus ^a,d   Binsma, J J M ^a,b,f,g   Jansen, Edwin J ^a,h  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Eindhoven Polytechnic Institute   (Netherlands)

^e EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^g Interuniversity Reactor Institute Delft   (Netherlands)

^h HLO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

FIBER PIGTAILED SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030165984     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.511683     Document Type: Article

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