Experimental demonstration of nonreciprocal amplified spontaneous emission in a CoFe clad semiconductor optical amplifier for use as an integrated optical isolator

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 3980-3982

  Vanwolleghem, Mathias ^a   Van Parys, Wouter ^a   Van Thourhout, Dries ^a   Baets, Roel ^a   Lelarge, François ^b   Gauthier Lafaye, Olivier ^b,d   Thedrez, Bruno ^b   Wirix Speetjens, Roel ^c   Lagae, Liesbet ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c IMEC   (Belgium)

^d LAAS CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONS;

CURRENT INJECTION; OPTICAL ISOLATORS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA); WAFER-BONDED DEVICES;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 10044281804     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1811802     Document Type: Article

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