High-gain, high-power 1550-nm polarization independent MQW optical amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1142-1144

  Tiemeijer, L F ^a   Thijs, P J A ^a   Van Dongen, T ^a   Binsma, J J M ^a   Jansen, E J ^a   Walczyk, S ^a   Van Den Hoven, G N ^a   Pennings, E C M ^a,b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; FABRICATION; HIGH POWER LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; NONLINEAR SIGNAL PROCESSING; NONLINEAR SWITCHING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030243911     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.531816     Document Type: Article

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