Frequency-domain model of multiwave mixing in bulk semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 839-850

  Summerfield, Mark A ^a   Tucker, Rodney S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOUR WAVE MIXING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION NOISE; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SPECTRAL HOLE BURNING;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033124042     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.788458     Document Type: Article

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