Spot-size-converter integrated semiconductor optical amplifiers for optical switching systems

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E82-C, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 379-385

  Tamanuki, Takemasa ^a   Kitamura, Shotaro ^a   Hatakeyama, Hiroshi ^a   Sasaki, Tatsuya ^a   Yamaguchi, Masayuki ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angled facet; Optical gate; Optical switch; Planar lightwave circuits; Selective MOVPE; Semiconductor optical amplifier; Spot size converter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

EXTINCTION RATIO; HYBRID INTEGRATION; OPTICAL GATE; OPTICAL SWITCHING SYSTEMS; PLANAR LIGHTWAVE CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SPOT SIZE CONVERTER;

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0033340085     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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