Performance Simulation and Design Optimization of Gain-Clamped Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers Based on Distributed Bragg Reflectors

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1415-1423

  Park, Jongwoon ^a   Li, Xun ^a   Huang, Wei Ping ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE); Distributed Bragg reflector (DBR); Gain clamped semiconductor optical amplifier (GC SOA); Noise figure (NF); Time domain traveling wave model (TDTWM)

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; WAVE EQUATIONS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); SPATIAL DOMAINS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0242612002     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2003.818287     Document Type: Article

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