Analysis of the dimensional dependence of semiconductor optical amplifier recovery speeds

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1773-1782

  Giller, Robin ^a   Manning, Robert J ^a   Talli, Giuseppe ^a   Webb, Roderick P ^a   Adams, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASERS; GAIN CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION (ASE); CONTINUOUS WAVE (CW) BEAMS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS (SOA);

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33847113604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.001773     Document Type: Article

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