Carrier-Confined Vertical-Cavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for Higher Gain and Efficiency

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1374-1385

  Björlin, E Staffan ^a   Kimura, Toshio ^a   Bowers, John E ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabry Perot (FP) resonators; Laser amplifiers; Optical filters; Optical resonators; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Surface emitting lasers; Vertical cavity devices; Vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers (VCSOAs)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; MODULATORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL RESONATORS; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

FABRY-PEROT (FP) RESONATORS; LASER AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SURFACE-EMITTING LASERS; VERTICAL-CAVITY DEVICES; VERTICAL-CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMOPLIFIERS (VCSOA);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 10744230280     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.819480     Document Type: Conference Paper

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