Very steep optical thresholding characteristic using a DFB laser diode and an SOA in an optical feedback scheme

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 642-644

  D'Oosterlinck, W ^a   Morthier, G ^a   Smit, M K ^b   Baets, R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback (DFB) laser diode; Optical decision characteristic; Optical feedback; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK (DFB) LASER DIODE; OPTICAL DECISION CHARACTERISTIC; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA);

INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS;

EID: 14844343283     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.842322     Document Type: Article

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