Monolithic semiconductor waveguide device concept for picosecond pulse amplification, isolation, and spectral shaping

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 910-922

  Heck, Martijn J R ^a   Bente, Erwin A J M ^a   Barbarin, Yohan ^a,b   Lenstra, Daan ^c   Smit, Meint K ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Integrated optoelectronics; Optical isolators; Optical pulse amplifiers; Optical pulse shaping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENT LENGTHS; GAIN MATERIALS; INGAASP; INP; MONOLITHIC ARRAYS; NON-LINEAR ELEMENTS; OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL BAND WIDTHS; OPTICAL ISOLATORS; OPTICAL PULSE AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; PICO-SECOND PULSE; POWER REFLECTIONS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDES; SIMULATION RESULTS; SPECTRAL SHAPING; TEMPORAL BROADENING; ULTRAFAST OPTICS; WAVEGUIDE DEVICES;

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVEGUIDE ISOLATORS; WAVEGUIDES;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 57649143503     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.903363     Document Type: Article

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