Picosecond gain switching of an organic semiconductor optical amplifier

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Amarasinghe, D ^a   Ruseckas, A ^a   Vasdekis, A E ^a   Turnbull, G A ^a   Samuel, I D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; EXCITED STATES; GAIN MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; SWITCHING;

EXTINCTION RATIOS; GAIN RECOVERY; PICOSECOND GAIN SWITCHING;

SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 40149102702     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2883975     Document Type: Article

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