Observation of wavelength and multiple bistabilities in 850nm Vertical-Cavity Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (VCSOAs)

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 11723-11730

  Zhang, Haijiang ^a   Gauss, Veronica ^a   Wen, Pengyue ^a   Esener, Sadik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL INFORMATION MANIPULATION; POLARIZATION-DEPENDENT GAIN (PDG);

OPTICAL BISTABILITY;

EID: 34548450781     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.011723     Document Type: Article

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