4-channel polarization-insensitive semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) gate array integrated with spot-size converters

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 266-269

  Yoshimoto, N ^a   Magari, K ^a   Kawaguchi, Y ^a   Kishi, K ^a   Mitomi, O ^a   Kondo, Y ^a   Kadota, Y ^a   Ito, T ^a   Tohmori, Y ^a   Yoshikuni, Y ^a   Nakajima, O ^a   Hasumi, Y ^a  

^a NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Optical gate array; Photonic integration; Semiconductor optical amplifier; Spot size converter

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; POLARIZATION;

CHANNEL POLARIZATIONS; COUPLING LOSS; GATE ARRAYS; LOW COUPLING; LOW POLARIZATION DEPENDENT LOSS; OPTICAL GATE ARRAY; OPTICAL GATES; PHOTONIC INTEGRATIONS; POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE; SPOT SIZE CONVERTERS;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 0345474447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21622701     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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