Theoretical analysis of gain-recovery time and chirp in QD-SOA

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1803-1805

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

^a HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chirp; Gain recovery time (GRT); Quantum dot (QD); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIN MEASUREMENT; LIGHT PROPAGATION; OPTICAL PUMPING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

GAIN RECOVERY TIME (GRT); QUANTUM-DOT SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (QD-SOA); SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA);

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 27144550739     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.853030     Document Type: Article

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