Proposed scheme for polarization insensitive GaInNAs-based semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 817-822

  Alexandropoulos, Dimitris ^a,b   Adams, Mike J ^b   Hatzopoulos, Zacharias ^c   Syvridis, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

GaInAs; GaInNas; Polarization insensitivity; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HAMILTONIANS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

BANDSTRUCTURE; POLARIZATION INSENSITIVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOAS);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 20744435490     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.847551     Document Type: Article

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