Polarisation effects on the nonlinear optical characteristics of a 1.55m vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifier

IET Optoelectronics

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 272-276

  Hurtado, A ^a,b   Henning, I D ^a   Adams, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

EDGE-EMITTING DEVICES; NONLINEAR SWITCHING; ORTHOGONAL POLARISATIONS; VERTICAL-CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (VCSOA);

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 37249084583     PISSN: 17518768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-opt:20070049     Document Type: Article

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