Optical characteristics of PnpN optical thyristor operating at 1.55 μm

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1093-1099

  Kim, Doo Gun ^a   Lee, Hee Hyun ^a   Chol, Woon Kyung ^a   Lee, Jung Jun ^a   Choi, Young Wan ^a   Lee, S ^b   Woo, Deokha H ^b   Byun, Young Tae ^b   Kim, J H ^b   Kim, Soo Hyun ^b   Futakuchi, N ^c   Nakano, Yoshiaki ^c  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depleted optical thyristor; Finite difference method; Optical communication systems; Optical switching; Spontaneous emission; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

DEPLETED OPTICAL THYRISTORS (DOT);

THYRISTORS;

EID: 0037665174     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1557160     Document Type: Article

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