Characterization of a monolithic concatenated SOA/SA waveguide device for picosecond pulse amplification and shaping

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 360-369

  Heck, Martijn J R ^a   Bente, Erwin A J M ^a   Barbarin, Yohan ^a,b   Fryda, Antigoni ^a   Jung, Hyun Do ^a   Oei, Yok Siang ^a   Nötzel, Richard ^a   Lenstra, Daan ^a,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 pulse amplifiers; Optical pulse shaping; Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOAs); Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIED SPONTANEOUS EMISSION NOISE; EQUIVALENT LENGTHS; GAIN MATERIALS; INGAASP; INP; MONOLITHIC WAVEGUIDES; NON-LINEAR ELEMENTS; OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL BAND WIDTHS; OPTICAL PULSE AMPLIFIERS; OPTICAL PULSE SHAPING; PICO-SECOND PULSE; PULSE-BROADENING; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; TEMPORAL PULSE SHAPING; THEORETICAL MODELS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS; WAVEGUIDE DEVICES;

AMPLIFICATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FIBER LASERS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PULSE AMPLIFIERS; PULSE SHAPING CIRCUITS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 58149116547     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.914764     Document Type: Article

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