Gain and phase recovery of optically excited semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1061-1063

  Giller, Robin ^a   Manning, Robert J ^a   Cotter, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optics; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor device modeling; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

GAIN AND PHASE DYNAMICS; GAIN RECOVERY; KRAMERS-KRONIG ANALYSIS; OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; OPTICALLY EXCITED SEMICONDUCTORS; PHASE RECOVERY; PHASE RESPONSE; PUMP-PROBE TECHNIQUE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELING; TIME-RESOLVED; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

RECOVERY;

EID: 33847103211     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.873474     Document Type: Article

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