Dispersion-Induced Ultrafast Pulse Reshaping in 1.55-μm InGaAs-InGaAsP Optical Amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1388-1393

  Zhang, Jian Zhong ^a   Vázquez, Javier Molina ^a   Mazilu, Michael ^b   Miller, Alan ^b   Galbraith, Ian ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Band structure; Frequency chirp; Gain dispersion; Group velocity dispersion; Pulse propagation; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Wavelet transform

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HAMILTONIANS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

FREQUENCY CHIRP; GROUP VELOCITY DISPERSION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0242443761     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.818308     Document Type: Article

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