Physical model for the incoherent writing/erasure of cavity solitons in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 12457-12463

  Barbay, S ^a   Kuszelewicz, R ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; CAVITY RESONATORS; COHERENT LIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

CAVITY SOLITONS; INCOHERENT WRITING; PHYSICAL MODELS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 34648828702     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.012457     Document Type: Article

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