Numerical simulation of semiconductor optical amplifier assisted Sagnac gate and investigation of its switching characteristics

Optical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1622-1627

  Houbavlis, Thanassis ^a   Zoiros, Kyriakos E ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

CONTRAST RATIO; SAGNAC GATE; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 4143124415     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1751132     Document Type: Article

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