Bistability and nonlinear gain in 1.55 μm vertical cavity semiconductor optical amplifiers: Theory and experiments

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  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

GAIN CONTROL; LIGHT REFLECTION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; SWITCHING;

CONTRAST RATIO; NONLINEAR SWITCHING; WAVELENGTH DOMAINS;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 35248879165     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2798053     Document Type: Article

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