Detailed model and investigation of gain saturation and carrier spatial hole burning for a semiconductor optical amplifier with gain clamping by a vertical laser field

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 513-518

  Jin, Chao Yuan ^a   Huang, Yong Zhen ^a   Yu, Li Juan ^a   Deng, Shen Ling ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

Gain clamping; Linear optical amplifier (LOA); Noise figure; Rate equations; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

GAIN CLAMPING; LINEAR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; NOISE FIGURE; RATE EQUATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 2442430526     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2004.826427     Document Type: Article

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