Tapered grating effects on static properties of a bistable QWS-DFB semiconductor laser amplifier

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 156-163

  Aleshams, Mahmoud ^a   Moravvej Farshi, M K ^a   Sheikhi, M H ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback semiconductor laser amplifier; Optical dispersive bistability; Phase shift; Trapezoidal tapering

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE SHIFT; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; WAVELENGTH;

CARRIER RATE EQUATIONS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL DISPERSIVE BISTABILITY; TRAPEZOIDAL TAPERING;

DIELECTRIC AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 36248948536     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2007.07.003     Document Type: Article

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