Spectral properties of amplified spontaneous emission in semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 708-720

  Boucher, Yann ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Sharaiha, Ammar ^a,e,g  

^a ENIB/RESO   (France)

^b Ecole Superieure d'Optique   (France)

^c Orsay University   (France)

^d INSTITUT D'OPTIQUE GRADUATE SCHOOL   (France)

^e Ecl Natl d'Ing de Brest   (France)

^f Soc Francaise d'Optique ^*

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; AMPLIFICATION; CAVITY RESONATORS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LASER MODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MONOCHROMATORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; AMPLIFIER NOISE; SPECTRAL DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSFER FUNCTION MATRICES;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0033715484     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.845728     Document Type: Article

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