Amplified spontaneous emission in index-guided multimodal waveguide structures

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1099-1105

  De Merlier, Jan ^a   Van Thourhout, Dries ^a   Morthier, Geert ^a   Baets, Roel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission; Multimode interference coupler; Semiconductor optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LASER MODES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; PERMITTIVITY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; INDEX GUIDED MULTIMODAL WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURES; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE COUPLER; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0141628586     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.816099     Document Type: Article

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