THz-bandwidth tunable slow light in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 747-753

  Sedgwick, F G ^a   Pesala, Bala ^a   Lin, Jui Yen ^a   Ko, Wai Son ^a   Zhao, Xiaoxue ^a   Chang Hasnain, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DELAY CIRCUITS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TUNING;

AMPLITUDE VARIATION; ELECTRIC TUNING; PULSE PROPAGATION; SPECTRAL HOLES;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33846549969     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.000747     Document Type: Article

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