Optical gain and refractive index of a laser amplifier in the presence of pump light for cross-gain and cross-phase modulation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1358-1360

  Keating, T ^b   Minch, J ^a,b   Chang, C S ^a,b   Enders, P ^a,b,c   Fang, W ^a,b   Chuang, S L ^a,b   Tanbun Ek, T ^d   Chen, Y K ^a,d   Sergent, M ^d  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross gain modulation; Cross phase modulation; Linewidth enhancement factor

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; FERMI LEVEL; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHASE MODULATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

CROSS GAIN MODULATION (XGM); CROSS PHASE MODULATION (XPM); LINEWIDTH ENHANCEMENT FACTOR;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0031258051     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.623262     Document Type: Article

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