Ultrafast refractive-index dynamics in a multiquantum-well semiconductor optical amplifier

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 792-794

  Dorren, H J S ^a,b   Yang, X ^b   Lenstra, D ^b,c   De Waardt, H ^b   Khoe, G D ^b   Simoyama, T ^d   Ishikawa, H ^d   Kawashima, H ^a   Hasama, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical signal processing; Optical switching; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTONS; PUMPING (LASER); REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

NONLINEAR PHASE SHIFT; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; PUMP-AND-PROBE PULSE; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; ULTRAFAST OPTICS; ULTRAFAST REFRACTIVE INDEX DYNAMICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 0037938850     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.811332     Document Type: Article

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