Polarization independent semiconductor optical amplifier gate and its application in WDM systems

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E81-C, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1237-1243

  Ito, Toshio ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gate array; Polarization independence; Semiconductor optical amplifier; Spot size converter; Wavelength selector

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

GATE ARRAY;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032139135     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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