High-performance semiconductor optical amplifier modules at 1300 nm

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2674-2676

  Kelly, A E ^a   Michie, C ^b   Armstrong, I ^b   Andonovic, I ^b   Tombling, C ^c   McGeough, J ^a   Thomsen, B C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c Amphotonics Limited   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buried heterostructure; Noise figure (NF); Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; DESIGN; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NOISE ABATEMENT; OPTIMIZATION;

BOOSTER AMPLIFIER; LOW NOISE; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33845793990     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.887883     Document Type: Article

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