Optical bistability in a traveling-wave SOA connected to a DFB laser diode: Theory and experiment

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 739-746

  D'Oosterlinck, Wouter ^a   Morthier, Geert ^a   Baets, Roel ^a   Erneux, Thomas ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Optical bistability; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

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

OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA);

OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

EID: 33745903427     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.877295     Document Type: Article

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