Characteristics of Cross-Gain (XG) Wavelength Conversion in Quantum Dot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 542-544

  Qasaimeh, Omar ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cross gain (XG); Quantum dot (QD) amplifiers; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR OPTICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; OPTICAL PUMPING; PHONONS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

CROSS GAIN (XG); QUANTUM DOT (QD) AMPLIFIERS; RELAXATION LIFETIMES; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 1442337524     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.821047     Document Type: Article

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