Modulation response of a semiconductor laser amplifier

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 851-860

  Mørk, Jesper ^a   Mecozzi, Antonio ^b,d   Eisenstein, Gadi ^c,e,f  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b FONDAZIONE UGO BORDONI   (Italy)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e University of Santa Cara   (United States)

^f LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; INTEGRATION; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RESONANCE; STIMULATED EMISSION;

MICROWAVE PROPAGATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AMPLIFIER;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033123882     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.788459     Document Type: Article

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