Measurement and calculation of the critical pulsewidth for gain saturation in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Optics Communications

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-55

  Borri, P ^a   Scaffetti, S ^a   Mork J ^a   Langbein, W ^a   Hvam, J M ^a   Mecozzi, A ^b   Martelli, F ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

CRITICAL PULSEWIDTH; GAIN SATURATION ENERGY; NONLINEAR GAIN RESPONSE; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; ULTRAFAST OPTICAL EXCITATION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0032686450     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00175-3     Document Type: Article

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