Wideband time-domain transfer matrix model equivalent circuit for short pulse propagation in semiconductor optical amplifiers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-116

  Morel, Pascal ^a   Sharaiha, Ammar ^a  

^a Ecole Nationale d'Ingenieurs de Brest   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Modeling; Propagation; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Transfer function matrices

Indexed keywords

BLUE SHIFT; CONTINUOUS WAVES; DYNAMICS MODELING; IMAGINARY PARTS; OPTICAL CARRIERS; PHASE EVOLUTIONS; PHASE VARIATION; PICO-SECOND PULSE; PROPAGATION EQUATIONS; REAL COMPONENTS; SHORT PULSE PROPAGATION; SIGNAL PROPAGATION; TIME DOMAIN; TRANSFER FUNCTION MATRIX; TRANSFER MATRIX MODEL; WIDE-BAND;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; DELAY CIRCUITS; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

EID: 77949683260     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2008.2001935     Document Type: Article

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