Study of a novel laser diode amplifier structure

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1443-1449

  Ghafouri Shiraz, H ^a   Tan, P W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; WAVEGUIDES;

CARRIER DENSITY; GAIN SATURATION; SATURATION OUTPUT POWER; SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE AMPLIFIER STRUCTURE; SEMIEXPONENTIAL LINEAR TAPERED WAVEGUIDE; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION NOISE;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0030263895     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/11/10/015     Document Type: Article

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