Polarisation-insensitive clamped-gain SOA with integrated spot-size convertor and DBR gratings for WDM applications at 1.55μm wavelength

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 2076-2078

  Bachmann, M ^a   Doussiere P ^a   Emery, J Y ^a   N'Go, R ^a   Pommereau, F ^a   Goldstein, L ^a   Soulage, G ^a   Jourdan, A ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; GAIN MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT REFLECTION; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR (DBR); LASING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0030263962     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19961408     Document Type: Article

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