1.3-μm Polarization insensitive amplifiers with integrated-mode transformers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1337-1339

  Tishinin, Dennis ^b   Uppal, Kushant ^b,c   Kim, In ^b   Dapkus, P Daniel ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^c SDL   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated optics; Mode matching methods; Polarization; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; INTEGRATED OPTICS; LASER MODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

MODE MATCHING METHODS;

QUANTUM WELL LASERS;

EID: 0031259033     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.623255     Document Type: Article

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