Observation of bistability in a Vertical-Cavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifier (VCSOA)

Optics Express

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 1273-1278

  Wen, Pengyue ^a   Sanchez, Michael ^a   Gross, Matthias ^a   Esener, Sadik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYSTERESIS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SWITCHING;

BIAS CURRENTS; CARRIER DEPLETION; DEVICE PARAMETERS;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0344821070     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.10.001273     Document Type: Article

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