Switching behavior of bistable DFB semiconductor laser amplifiers

Fiber and Integrated Optics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-287

  Aleshams, Mahmoud ^a   Moravvej Farshi, Mohammad K ^a   Sheikhi, Mohammad H ^b  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Distributed feedback semiconductor laser amplifier; Optical dispersive bistability; Quarter wavelength phase shift; Switching; Tapered grating

Indexed keywords

BISTABLES; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AMPLIFIER; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AMPLIFIERS; INPUT PULSE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OFF TIME; ON TIME; OPTICAL DISPERSIVE BISTABILITY; OUTPUT PULSE; PHASE SHIFTED; QUARTER WAVELENGTH PHASE SHIFT; QUARTER-WAVELENGTH; RELAXATION OSCILLATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AMPLIFIER; SWITCHING BEHAVIORS; TAPERED GRATING; TAPERED GRATINGS; TRANSFER MATRIXES; TRANSIENT RESPONSE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEEDBACK; LASERS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE SHIFT; SWITCHING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 70249134731     PISSN: 01468030     EISSN: 10964681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01468030902807130     Document Type: Article

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