Gain dynamics and saturation property of a semiconductor optical amplifier with a carrier reservoir

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 196-198

  Sun, H ^a   Wang, Q ^a   Dong, H ^a   Zhu, G ^a   Dutta, N K ^a   Jaques, J ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); Semiconductor process modeling

Indexed keywords

CARRIER COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; GAIN MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CARRIER RESERVOIRS; COUPLED RATE EQUATIONS; GAIN DYNAMICS; PHASE DYNAMICS;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34047240916     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.860040     Document Type: Article

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