Microscopic theory of ultrashort pulse compression and break-up in a semiconductor optical amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 782-784

  Knorr, A ^a   Hughes, S ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Propagation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

DEMULTIPLEXING; FOUR WAVE MIXING; HETERODYNING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0035423493     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.935802     Document Type: Article

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