Monolithic integration of a semiconductor optical amplifier and a high bandwidth p-i-n photodiode using asymmetric twin-waveguide technology

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 452-454

  Xia, Fengnian ^a   Wei, Jian ^a   Menon, Vinod ^a   Forrest, Stephen R ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Photonic integrated circuits; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Waveguide photodiode

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; AVALANCHE DIODES; BANDWIDTH; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

ASYMMETRIC TWIN-WAVEGUIDES (ATG);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0037341155     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2002.807930     Document Type: Article

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