Nonlinear gain in vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 507-509

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinearities; Optical amplifiers; Optical logic devices; Optical resonators; Optical switches

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; GAIN MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

DISPERSIVE NONLINEARITY; NONLINEAR GAIN; VERTICAL CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0344951093     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.809310     Document Type: Article

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