Analysis of TOAD switching characteristics considering the gain and phase response of a semiconductor optical amplifier to control pulses

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 374-377

  Liu, Xianbing ^a,b   Ye, Peida ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b WUHAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAIN CONTROL; LASER PULSES; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA); TERAHERTZ OPTICAL ASYMMETRIC DEMULTIPLEXER (TOAD);

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 0343628834     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(20000320)24:6<374::AID-MOP5>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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