Effects of parallel and orthogonal polarization on nonlinear optical characteristics of a 1550 nm VCSOA

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 9084-9089

  Hurtado, Antonio ^a,b   Henning, Ian D ^a   Adams, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PARTICLE BEAM INJECTION; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

NONLINEAR GAIN; OPTICAL INJECTION; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATION; VERTICAL CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (VCSOA);

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 34547214315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.009084     Document Type: Article

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