Chirp-enhanced fast light in semiconductor optical amplifiers

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 17631-17638

  Sedgwick, F G ^a   Pesala, Bala ^a   Uskov, Alexander Y ^a   Chang Hasnain, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LASER PULSES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

LIGHT DEVICE; LINEAR CHIRP; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; OPTICAL DEVICES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37549013013     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.017631     Document Type: Article

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