Acceleration of gain recovery and dynamics of electrons in QD-SOA

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1268-1273

  Ben Ezra, Y ^a   Lembrikov, Borisle I ^a   Haridim, M ^a  

^a HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Optical communication; Quantum dots (QDs); Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs)

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BIAS CURRENT; CARRIER DYNAMICS; GAIN RECOVERY; PATTERNING EFFECT; THEORETICAL ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 26844521585     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2005.854131     Document Type: Article

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